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Cervical cancer in Indian women reveals contrasting association among common sub-family of HLA class I alleles.
Immunogenetics - 1 Dec 2014
Gokhale Priyanka, Mania-Pramanik Jayanti, Sonawani Archana, Idicula-Thomas Susan, Kerkar Shilpa, Tongaonkar Hemant, Chaudhari Hemangi, Warke Himangi, Salvi Vinita
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We studied the relationship between human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I alleles and cervical cancer among Indian women. Seventy-five cervical cancer cases were compared with 175 noncancer controls. Cervical biopsy tissue specimen from cancer cases and cervical swab specimen from controls were collected for HPV detection and typing. Blood was taken for HLA typing by PCR-SSOP method. The impact of HLA class I...
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