Evaluation of six CTLA-4 polymorphisms in high-risk melanoma patients receiving adjuvant interferon therapy in the He13A/98 multicenter trial.

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Published in J Transl Med on November 03, 2010

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Helen Gogas1, Urania Dafni, Henry Koon, Maria Spyropoulou-Vlachou, Yannis Metaxas, Elizabeth Buchbinder, Eirini Pectasides, Dimosthenis Tsoutsos, Aristidis Polyzos, Alexandros Stratigos, Christos Markopoulos, Petros Panagiotou, George Fountzilas, Ourania Castana, Pantelis Skarlos, Michael B Atkins, John M Kirkwood

Author Affiliations

1: First Department of Medicine, University of Athens, Medical School, Athens, Greece. hgogas@hol.gr

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