Papasteriades C, Varla M, Economidou J, Marcacis K, Mitsouli C, Louisou K, Mandalaki T, Roumeliotou A, Papaevangelou G. High frequency of HLA-DR5 in Greek patients with haemophilia A and haemophilia B.
TISSUE ANTIGENS 1986;
28:84-7. [PMID:
3018962 DOI:
10.1111/j.1399-0039.1986.tb00465.x]
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Abstract
Sixty unrelated Greek patients with haemophilia (46 with haemophilia A and 14 with haemophilia B) were typed for HLA-A, B and DR antigens. A highly significant increase in the frequency of HLA-DR5 was observed in both groups of patients (58.6% vs 30.0%, chi 2 = 10.47, pc less than 0.03, RR = 3.31 for haemophilia A and 78.5% vs 30.0%, chi 2 = 12.32, pc less than 0.007, RR = 8.5 for haemophilia B). An increased frequency of HLA-B13 was also observed in patients with haemophilia A (15.2% vs 5.7%, chi 2 = 5.74, pc less than 0.4, RR = 2.9). Thirty of the 60 patients (50.0%) were positive for LAV/HTLVIII antibodies. HLA-DR5 was equally distributed in patients with and without these antibodies (63.3% and 63.3%, respectively). The presence of DR5 did not correlate with the severity of haemophilia A or B. These results may suggest an influence of gene(s) on chromosome 6 in haemophilia A and haemophilia B and no effect of HLA antigens in the susceptibility to LAV/ HTLVIII infection among haemophiliac patients.
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