Article
Study of HLA class I/IL and T lymphocyte subsets in Kuwaiti vitiligo patients.
European journal of immunogenetics : official journal of the British Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics - 1 Apr 1995
al-Fouzan A, al-Arbash M, Fouad F, Kaaba S A, Mousa M A, al-Harbi S A
Abstract excerpt
HLA polymorphisms of class I and class II MHC were investigated in 40 Kuwaiti vitiligo patients and in 40 controls using microcytotoxicity assay. HLA-B21, Cw6 and DR53 were increased significantly in patients compared to controls (P = 0.00001, 0.00001 and P = 0.0053 respectively) while HLA-A19, DR52, were significantly decreased (P = 0.00236, 0.05, respectively). Total T-cells, T4 and T8 were measured as CD2, CD4...
Topics
- Disease Susceptibility
- Gene Frequency
- Genes, MHC Class I
- Genes, MHC Class II
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- HLA Antigens
- HLA-B Antigens
- HLA-C Antigens
- Humans
- Immunophenotyping