PubMed · 1981 · 27 citations · 0 references
Life SciencesImmunologyPathologyAutoimmunityClinical ImmunologyImmunogeneticsAntigen RecognitionAutoantigensAutoimmune DiseasesHistocompatibilityHla MatchingHla TypingHla AllelesHla Autoimmune Disease AssociationsHla Genotype AssociationsHla ImmunogeneticsMolecular Hla TypingReference Group ComparabilityReference Population ComparisonSerologic Hla Typing
One hundred and seventy-four unrelated white patients with biopsied and clinically diagnosed sarcoidosis and a reference population of 97 were tested for HLA antigens. Selected comparisons showed a statistically significant association of HLA-B8 with the sarcoidosis group (28.9%) when compared to the reference group (15.5%).