Human leukocyte class I antigen alleles A2 and A11 are not associated with nasopharyngeal carcinoma in West Malaysia

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 632-634

  Lee, Lin Kiat ^a   Tan, E L ^d   Gopala, K ^b   Sam, C K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b Faculty of Medicine   (Turkey)

^c Institute of Physics 'Arroyo Seco'   (Argentina)

^d INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Human leukocyte antigen; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Polymerase chain reaction sequence specific primers

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA B ANTIGEN; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ALLELE; ASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHNOLOGY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MULTICENTER STUDY; NASOPHARYNX TUMOR; RISK;

ALLELES; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COHORT STUDIES; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HLA-A ANTIGENS; HLA-B ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; ODDS RATIO;

EID: 34547457481     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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