[Idiopathic hemochromatosis: association with antigens of the HLA system].

Article

[Idiopathic hemochromatosis: association with antigens of the HLA system].

Medizinische Klinik (Munich, Germany : 1983) - 15 Oct 1991

Knau B, Rössner M, Schmidt U

Abstract excerpt

HLA-A3 and HLA-B7 antigens were detected significantly more frequently in a group of 59 patients with idiopathic hemochromatosis than in a general population. The haplotype most commonly associated with the disease was A3B7. No differences in disease severity were to be found between homozygotic...

Topics

Chromosome Aberrations
Chromosome Disorders
Chromosome Mapping
Genes, Recessive
HLA Antigens
Hemochromatosis
Humans
Phenotype
Risk Factors

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