National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
ΜΕΛΕΤΗ ΤΩΝ ΑΝΤΙΓΟΝΩΝ ΙΣΤΟΣΥΜΒΑΤΟΤΗΤΟΣ (HLA) ΣΤΟ ΣΥΝΔΡΟΜΟ ΑΔΑΜΑΝΤΙΑΔΗ-BEHCET
Abstract
dc:description50 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
thesis:*- Grantor dc:publisher
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
- Year dc:date
- 1985
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Authors dc:creator
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- Kapellou, Polyxeni
- Καπέλλου, Πολυξένη
Subjects
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- Language dc:language
- gre
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Identifier
- 10.12681/eadd/0413
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:10442/0413