Article
Association of intermediate uveitis with HLA-A28: definition of a new systemic syndrome?
Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie - 1 May 1995
Martin T, Weber M, Schmitt C, Weber J C, Tongio M M, Flament J, Sahel J, Pasquali J L
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Endogenous posterior uveitis (PU) can be associated with systemic diseases, and certain forms have strong association with HLA antigens. Much less is known regarding intermediate uveitis (IU). The purpose of this study was to determine whether IU is associated with the HLA system and...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Alleles
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Arthralgia
- Child
- Complement System Proteins
- Female
- HLA-A Antigens
- Histocompatibility Testing
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Prospective Studies
- Protein Structure, Secondary