title: HLA phenotype frequencies in individuals with cleft lip and/or cleft palate.
abstract: The HLA types of 133 patients with cleft lip and/or cleft palate were determined. Caucasian patients with isolated cleft palate showed a possible association with HLA. Ten of 11 male patients had HLA--A2 as compared to one out of eight female patients (P less than 0.005). Caucasian males with cleft lip and cleft palate had a slight increased frequency of HLA--Aw24 (P = 0.07) and Mexican-American males with cleft lip and/or cleft palate showed an increase of antigen HLA-A28 (P = 0.07), though neither were statistically significant. Females with cleft lip and/or cleft palate from either racial group had no differences from the controls. The serum from 90 mothers of patients with cleft lip and/or cleft palate were reacted against their child's lymphocytes. Of these crossmatch tests, 12% were found to be positive. These preliminary results suggest that male patients with isolated cleft palate are worthy of further studies with respect of HLA associations.
mesh_terms: D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000235:genetics*; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000235:genetics*; D000939:Epitopes; D005260:Female; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010641:Phenotype
chemical_list: D000939:Epitopes; D006680:HLA Antigens