Article
DQA1 and DQB1 genes in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix: relationship to human papillomavirus infection and prognosis.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology - 1 Sept 1994
Helland A, Børresen A L, Kristensen G, Rønningen K S
Abstract excerpt
Women carrying serological HLA-DQ3 specificity have previously been found to have an increased risk of developing squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix. Here we report the distribution of DQA1 and DQB1 genes in 158 Norwegian patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix and in 186 ethnicall...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Alleles
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
- Case-Control Studies
- DNA, Neoplasm
- DNA, Viral
- Disease-Free Survival
- Female
- Genes, MHC Class II
- HLA-DQ Antigens
- HLA-DQ alpha-Chains
- HLA-DQ beta-Chains
- Haplotypes
- Humans
- Middle Aged
- Norway