Multiple basal cell carcinomas and HLA frequencies in southern Australia.

Czarnecki, D; Lewis, A; Nicholson, I; Tait, B · J Am Acad Dermatol · 1991

case_control · Level III

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Abstract

An association between HLA-DR1 and the development of multiple basal cell carcinomas was detected in southern Australia. A reduction in HLA-DR4 was found in patients with basal cell carcinoma compared with a local control group. The relative risk for HLA-DR1 was 2.1, which was lower than that for persons in farther countries from the equator.

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