HLA antigen frequencies in paralytic dementia.
HLA typing was performed on 75 caucasian and 58 black patients with paralytic dementia hospitalized at 2 state mental institutions in New York. Serological testing was performed to confirm previous infection with T. pallidum. The caucasian patients showed an increase in B18(18.7% vs. 9.6% in controls). The black patients showed an increase in A2 (48.3% vs. 28.7% in controls) and an increase in B7 (27.6% vs. 15.7% in controls.
D044383:Black People; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000032:analysis*; D006649:Histocompatibility Antigens / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000276:immunology*; D009494:Neurosyphilis / Q000276:immunology*; D044465:White People
D006680:HLA Antigens; D006649:Histocompatibility Antigens