Article
HLA-DR and DQ antigens in Chinese patients with oral lichen planus.
Journal of oral pathology & medicine : official publication of the International Association of Oral Pathologists and the American Academy of Oral Pathology - 1 Aug 1990
Lin S C, Sun A
Abstract excerpt
A study of HLA-DR and DQ typing in 44 patients with oral lichen planus (OLP) (28 women and 16 men) and in 107 normal controls of both sexes was performed by using Terasaki's oriental tray. Twenty-eight patients had erosive forms of lichen planus (OLPe). Serologic typing revealed a highly significant increase of HLA-DR 9 and Te 22 antigens in the patient group. Considering our findings and those in other...
Topics
- Epitopes
- Female
- HLA-DQ Antigens
- HLA-DR Antigens
- HLA-DR Serological Subtypes
- Humans
- Lichen Planus
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Mouth Diseases
- Phenotype