C4 and 21-hydroxylase gene deletions in nasopharyngeal carcinoma among the Chinese

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 42-44

  Lim, M ^a   Chan, S H ^a,b  

^a Department of Microbiology ^*

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

HLA class III genes; Human leucocyte antigen

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; HLA ANTIGEN; STEROID 21 MONOOXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHINA; ETHNOLOGY; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NASOPHARYNX TUMOR;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; COMPLEMENT C4; GENE DELETION; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; STEROID 21-HYDROXYLASE;

EID: 0029691802     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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