Associations between HLA Class I alleles and the prevalence of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) among Tunisians

Journal of Translational Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Li, Xin ^a   Ghandri, Nahla ^b   Piancatelli, Daniela ^c   Adams, Sharon ^a   Chen, Deborah ^a   Robbins, Fu Meei ^a   Wang, Ena ^a   Monaco, Alessandro ^a   Selleri, Silvia ^a   Bouaouina, Noureddine ^b   Stroncek, David ^a   Adorno, Domenico ^c   Chouchane, Lotfi ^b   Marincola, Francesco M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA B13 ANTIGEN; HLA B14 ANTIGEN; HLA B18 ANTIGEN; HLA B5 ANTIGEN; HLA B51 ANTIGEN; HLA B57 ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA C ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; SEROTYPING; TUNISIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; GENETICS; HEALTH; IMMUNOLOGY; NASOPHARYNX TUMOR; NEGRO;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALLELES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC LOCI; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HEALTH; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA-A ANTIGENS; HLA-B ANTIGENS; HLA-C ANTIGENS; HUMANS; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; TUNISIA;

EID: 34547187133     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14795876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1479-5876-5-22     Document Type: Article

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