HLA ANTIGENS IN CASES OF GIANT CELL ARTERITIS
- 1 December 1980
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Acta Ophthalmologica
- Vol. 58 (6) , 1000-1004
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-3768.1980.tb08328.x
Abstract
HLA tissue-type antigen determination for A-, B- and C-antigens in 88 patients suffering from giant cell arteritis of the temporal artery showed no significant deviations as compared to a control material of 3164 blood donors. A weak indication of association with antigen HLA-B8 appeared to be of interest due to a corresponding indication in previous investigation. The patients were a mixed hospital material, consisting of cases of clinical temporal arteritis and patients with polymyalgia rheumatica. There was an overrepresentation of women (77%). Familial occurrence was demonstrated sporadically (3 pairs of siblings).Keywords
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