Article
[HLA and leprosy in Dakar: distribution of histocompatibility antigens in leprous patients and their relationship to ENL reactions].
Acta leprologica - 1 Jan 2000
Blavy G, Thiam D, Ndoye B, Diakhate L, Millan J
Abstract excerpt
50 lepromatous patients among whom 34 shared repeating ENL reactions and a reference group of 150 blood donors were typed for HLA antigens. In the comparison of the lepromatous group to the reference group, the HLA-B 8 was the only antigen which turned out to be significantly increased within the lepromatous patients. Some changes reported by other authors have also been pointed out (decrease in HLA-A2 and...
Topics
- Adult
- Erythema Nodosum
- Female
- HLA Antigens
- HLA-B8 Antigen
- Humans
- Leprosy
- Major Histocompatibility Complex
- Male
- Phenotype