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Mycosis fungoides: association of KIR ligands and HLA-DQB1*05 with bad prognosis of the disease.
Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV - 1 Feb 2016
Brazzelli V, Rivetti N, Badulli C, Carugno A, Cananzi R, De Silvestri A, Martinetti M, Borroni G
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Mycosis fungoides (MF) is the most common cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. We previously reported that the prognosis of MF patients is not only related on clinical variables but it is also associated with peculiar HLA alleles. Until today, the association of HLA ligands for KIR with the prognosis of the disease has not yet been analysed. OBJECTIVE: We investigated the frequency of HLA ligands for killer...
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