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HLA-A, B, Cw, DRB1, DRB3/4/5, DQB1 in German patients suffering from rapidly progressive periodontitis (RPP) and adult periodontitis (AP).
Journal of clinical periodontology - 1 Jun 2002
Machulla H K G, Stein J, Gautsch A, Langner J, Schaller H-G, Reichert S
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND/AIM: There is growing indication that differences in host response determine susceptibility and resistance to periodontal disease. Particularly, the effect of histocompatibility antigens (HLA) on early onset periodontitis (EOP) has been studied. As most of the results are not conclusive and to date no report has been done on German patients, the aim of this study was to investigate the distribution of...
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