title: Multiple basal cell carcinomas and HLA frequencies in southern Australia.
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.
authors.affiliation: Repatriation General Hospital, Heidelberg, Australia.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Czarnecki
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Nicholson
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tait
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001315:Australia; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000276:immunology*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D006680:HLA Antigens