| Literature DB >> 6582657 |
J Gardner, H G Kennedy, A Hamblin, E Jones.
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We report results of HLA-A, B, C, and DR typing in groups of white Caucasians of English descent and black West Indians of African descent with sarcoidosis. In the English patients we found a significantly increased frequency of Cw7, which was not found in the West Indian patients. Our results also suggest that DR3 and, in particular, inheritance of the B8/Cw7/DR3 haplotype is associated with good prognosis in English patients with sarcoidosis. There was no association between any HLA antigen and prognosis in the West Indian patients in this study.Entities:
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Year: 1984 PMID: 6582657 PMCID: PMC459715 DOI: 10.1136/thx.39.1.19
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Thorax ISSN: 0040-6376 Impact factor: 9.139