title: Histocompatibility antigens in paraplegic or quadriplegic patients with sacroiliac joint changes.
abstract: HLA typing for the A and B loci and radiographic examination of the sacroiliac joints were performed in 54 randomly selected patients with paraplegia or quadriplegia of more than 3 years' duration. The sacroiliac joints were abnormal in 24 patients. No association was found between any of the HLA antigens of the A and B loci and the sacroiliac joint changes. There was, however, an increased incidnece of sacroiliac joint changes in quadriplegic as compared to paraplegic patients.
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006649:Histocompatibility Antigens / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000276:immunology*; D011782:Quadriplegia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000276:immunology*; D011859:Radiography; D012446:Sacroiliac Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D006649:Histocompatibility Antigens