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National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

ΜΕΛΕΤΗ ΤΩΝ ΑΝΤΙΓΟΝΩΝ ΙΣΤΟΣΥΜΒΑΤΟΤΗΤΟΣ (HLA) ΣΤΟ ΣΥΝΔΡΟΜΟ ΑΔΑΜΑΝΤΙΑΔΗ-BEHCET

Abstract

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50 PATIENTS AND 512 HEALTHY CONTROL PERSONS WERE TESTED FOR THE FREQUENCY OF 35 HLA ANTIGENS (HLA-A, B, DR). THE ANTIGENS DETERMINATION WAS PERFORMED BY MEANS OF TERASAKI'S LYMPHOCYTOTOXICITY TECHNIQUE. AN INCREASED INCIDENCE OF HLA-B5 ANTIGEN WAS FOUND (74% IN THE PATIENTS, COMPARED TO 30% IN THE HEALTHY CONTROL POPULATION). THIS DIFFERENCE WAS STATISTICALLY HIGHLY SIGNIFICANT, P < 0,0001). THESE RESULTS LEADS TO THE CONCLUSION THAT POSSIBLY THERE IS A GENETIC BASIS WHICH PREDETERMINES THE SUSCEPTIBILITY OF ADAMANDIADES-BEHCET'S DISEASE AND ALSO THAT THE HLA-B5 ANTIGEN CONSTITUTES THE GENETIC MARKER OF THIS DISEASE.

Degree

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Grantor dc:publisher
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Year dc:date
1985

Author and committee

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Authors dc:creator
  • Kapellou, Polyxeni
  • Καπέλλου, Πολυξένη

Subjects

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Rights

Language dc:language
gre

Identifiers

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Identifier
10.12681/eadd/0413
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:10442/0413

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Last updated
2026-07-24
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citation

Kapellou, Polyxeni; Καπέλλου, Πολυξένη. ΜΕΛΕΤΗ ΤΩΝ ΑΝΤΙΓΟΝΩΝ ΙΣΤΟΣΥΜΒΑΤΟΤΗΤΟΣ (HLA) ΣΤΟ ΣΥΝΔΡΟΜΟ ΑΔΑΜΑΝΤΙΑΔΗ-BEHCET. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/0413