Article
No association between HLA-DQ and -DR genotypes with nasopharyngeal carcinoma in southern Chinese.
Cancer genetics and cytogenetics - 1 May 1995
Li P K, Poon A S, Tsao S Y, Ho S, Tam J S, So A K, Lai K N
Abstract excerpt
The pathogenesis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is multifactorial. Associations have been reported between HLA and NPC. We studied the HLA-DR and -DQ regions on the molecular level in 136 persons (51 NPC patients and 85 healthy controls) from southern China, a particularly high-prevalence area for NPC. Restriction fragment-length polymorphism (RFLP) was used to genotype the MHC class II DR beta, DQ alpha, and...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
