T w o hundred twelve melanoma patients, including 38 prospective and 174 retrospective cases, were ABO and HL-A typed, a n d the results were compared with those obtained in a sample of 562 healthy controls. T h e phenotype frequencies within the ABO system were identical i n patients and controls.
Notification of workers about an excess of malignant melanoma: A case study
β Scribed by Lawrence F. Mazzuckelli; Paul A. Schulte
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 479 KB
- Volume
- 23
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0271-3586
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