Association of HLA-DQB1 0301 with malignant melanoma

Journal of Immunotherapy

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 381-383

  Lee, Jeffrey E ^a   Reveille, John D ^a   Platsoucas, Chris D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN; TUMOR MARKER; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MELANOMA; NOTE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER STAGING; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE FREQUENCY; HLA SYSTEM; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MELANOMA; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0029909680     PISSN: 15249557     EISSN: 15374513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002371-199609000-00008     Document Type: Letter

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