HLA Bw57 and DR7 association with psoriasis vulgaris in south India |
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| Authors: | RM. Pitchappan A. Koteeswaran V. N. Kakkaniah M. Manickasundari V. Rajaram P. Muthuveeralakshmi V. Mahendran V. Brahmajothibai |
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| Affiliation: | Unit of Immunogenetics, School of Biological Sciences, Madurai Kamaraj University, India. |
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| Abstract: | Eighty-three south Indian patients with psoriasis vulgaris were studied for HLA antigen frequencies and compared with 77 controls studied simultaneously. HLA Bw57, a split of B17 was found elevated in the patients. The two sexes differed in their age-at-onset curves: females had a preponderance to early onset of the disease, while the males had late onset. Among these patients, major group 3, a Western Brachycephal Armenoid group, revealed the highest risk for B17 & Bw57 but not major group 2, a Mediterranean one. |
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