Lack of association between human leukocyte antigen-E alleles and nasopharyngeal carcinoma in Tunisians

DNA and Cell Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 603-609

  Hassen, Elham ^a   Ghedira, Randa ^a   Ghandri, Nahla ^a   Farhat, Karim ^a   Gabbouj, Sallouha ^a   Bouaouina, Noureddine ^a,b   Abdelaziz, Hamdi ^c   Nouri, Abdelatif ^c   Chouchane, Lotfi ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^b FARHAT HACHED HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^c FATTOUMA BOURGUIBA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Qatar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; GLYCINE; HLA E ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HLA E GENE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TUNISIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLELES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TUNISIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960947086     PISSN: 10445498     EISSN: 15577430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/dna.2010.1140     Document Type: Article

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