title: HLA-antigen frequencies in patients with a Plummer-Vinson stricture.
abstract: Factors of individual susceptibility seem to be involved in the occurrence of Plummer-Vinson stricture, which is a permanent stricture of the cervical esophagus associated with long continued iron deficiency. Fifty female patients with Plummer-Vinson stricture were HLA typed and the antigen frequencies were compared with those of 75 female blood donors from the same geographic area and of the same race. A comparison was also made with the HLA antigen frequencies of a group of 200 blood donors (75 female and 125 male). There were no statistically significant differences in the HLA antigen distributions of the three groups.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000276:immunology*; D000939:Epitopes; D005260:Female; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011004:Plummer-Vinson Syndrome / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000939:Epitopes; D006680:HLA Antigens