number of genetic variants within the 6p21 chromosomal region to non-Hodgkin lymphoma
(NHL). Complementing these efforts, we genotyped previously reported SNPs in the human
leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I (rs6457327) and class II (rs9271100, rs2647012 and
rs10484561) regions in a total of 1,145 subjects (567 NHL cases and 578 healthy controls)
from two major ethnic groups in Malaysia, the Malays and the Chinese. We identified a NHL …