"Costa Rica" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A country in CENTRAL AMERICA, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, between NICARAGUA and PANAMA.
| Descriptor ID |
D003364
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| MeSH Number(s) |
Z01.107.169.238
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Costa Rica" by people in Profiles.
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Hierarchy of resistance to cervical neoplasia mediated by combinations of killer immunoglobulin-like receptor and human leukocyte antigen loci. J Exp Med. 2005 Apr 04; 201(7):1069-75.
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Comprehensive analysis of human leukocyte antigen class I alleles and cervical neoplasia in 3 epidemiologic studies. J Infect Dis. 2002 Sep 01; 186(5):598-605.
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Human leukocyte antigen class I alleles and cervical neoplasia: no heterozygote advantage. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2002 Apr; 11(4):419-20.