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HLA association of idiopathic Peyronie's disease: an indication of autoimmune phenomena in etiopathogenesis?
Tissue antigens - 1 Sept 1991
Rompel R, Weidner W, Mueller-Eckhardt G
Abstract excerpt
HLA typing for class I and class II antigens was done in 52 unrelated patients suffering from idiopathic Peyronie's disease. The controversially discussed association with the HLA-B7 cross-reacting group could not be confirmed. Marked deviations of antigen frequencies were observed for HLA-A1, B8, Cw7, DR3 and DQw2 compared to healthy local controls. After correction of p-values, A1 (pc less than 0.05) and DQw2...
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