Article
HLA-DQ alleles and human papillomavirus DNA in adult-onset laryngeal papillomatosis.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Mar 1999
Aaltonen L M, Partanen J, Auvinen E, Rihkanen H, Vaheri A
Abstract excerpt
Sixty-two patients with histologically confirmed adult-onset laryngeal papilloma were clinically examined; their HLA class II DQA1 and DQB1 alleles and the presence and type of human papillomavirus (HPV) in their laryngeal papilloma biopsies were determined by polymerase chain reaction-based meth...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Alleles
- Biopsy
- DNA, Viral
- Female
- Genes, MHC Class II
- HLA-DQ Antigens
- HLA-DQ alpha-Chains
- HLA-DQ beta-Chains
- Histocompatibility Testing
- Humans
- Laryngeal Neoplasms
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Papilloma