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The association of HLA-class I and class II with Hodgkin's lymphoma in Iranian patients.
BioMed research international - 1 Jan 2014
Sayad Arezou, Akbari Mohammad Taghi, Mehdizadeh Mahshid, Movafagh Abolfazl, Hajifathali Abbas
Abstract excerpt
The Hodgkin's lymphoma disease (HD) is a common malignant neoplasm with germinal centre B-cell origin. It has been suggested that the HLA class I and class II regions have susceptibility effects on HD. In different ethnic groups, different HLA class I and class II alleles affect HD. As a result, there is no consensus which of the different HLA alleles confers susceptibility to HD. In this study, we aimed to...
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