Association of HLA class I and class II antigen expression and mortality in uveal melanoma

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 2153-2156

  Ericsson, C ^a   Seregard, S ^a   Bartolazzi, A ^a   Levitskaya, E ^a   Ferrone, S ^a   Kiessling, R ^a   Larsson, O ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPEROXIDASE STAINING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; UVEA MELANOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BETA 2-MICROGLOBULIN; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC; UVEAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034854912     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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