Search for a correlation between familial allergy to cocksfoot pollen and HLA antigens.
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)).
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
D006680:HLA Antigens; D006649:Histocompatibility Antigens; D007073:Immunoglobulin E