title: Association of HLA-A9 and HLA-B5 with Buerger's disease.
abstract: Eighteen patients who satisfied stringent criteria for the diagnosis of Buerger's disease, healthy controls, and patients with atherosclerosis were tested for various HLA antigens. The incidence of HLA-A9 and HLA-B5 was significantly greater among those with Buerger's disease. This finding supports the concept that Buerger's disease is a distinct clinicopathological condition.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000276:immunology; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000032:analysis*; D006649:Histocompatibility Antigens / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D013919:Thromboangiitis Obliterans / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D006680:HLA Antigens; D006649:Histocompatibility Antigens