title: No HLA-DR specificity is associated with endometriosis.
abstract: Thirty-one patients with endometriosis were typed for HLA-A, B and DR antigens. No association was found between the disease and any DR specificity, which may be taken as evidence against an autoimmune aetiology.
authors.affiliation: Blood Transfusion Centre, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, Scotland.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Maxwell
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Kilpatrick
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Haining
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D006684:HLA-DR Antigens / Q000032:analysis*; D006650:Histocompatibility Testing; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D006684:HLA-DR Antigens