title: Search for a correlation between familial allergy to cocksfoot pollen and HLA antigens.
abstract: Twelve families comprising 62 individuals, 31 allergic to grasses, were examined. No significant correlation between pollinosis and the HLA system was observed. However, there was a close correlation between cocksfoot skin tests and the RAST (p less than 10(-6)).
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D006680:HLA Antigens; D006649:Histocompatibility Antigens; D006801:Humans; D007073:Immunoglobulin E; D008297:Male; D010375:Pedigree; D006109:Poaceae; D011058:Pollen; D011852:Radioallergosorbent Test; D006255:Rhinitis, Allergic, Seasonal / Q000235:genetics*; D012882:Skin Tests
chemical_list: D006680:HLA Antigens; D006649:Histocompatibility Antigens; D007073:Immunoglobulin E