Contribution of Immunogenetic Factors in Susceptibility to Cervical Cancer

Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer in women worldwide. Persistent infection by an oncogenic type of human papillomavirus (HPV) is a necessary but not sufficient cause and there is also a genetic component. This thesis aims to identify host genetic risk factors for cervical cancer based...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ivansson, Emma
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för genetik och patologi 2009
Subjects:
Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-9552
http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:978-91-554-7410-2