title: [HLA typing in extrinsic allergic alveolitis].
abstract: The present conceptions about the genetic mechanisms in the predisposition to extrinsic allergic alveolitis are summarized in a review. The major complex of histocompatibility is shortly characterized and the method of HLA-typing is described. The own results of HLA-typing in poultry farm workers are compared with the data from the literature on patients with pigeon-, budgerigar-keepers-disease and farmer's lung. Persons with HLA-B8- or/and DR3-antigens seem to be predisposed to extrinsic allergic alveolitis. The importance of the investigations for the preventive medicine is stressed.
authors.affiliation: Zentrales Forschungsinstitut für Tuberkulose Moskau/UdSSR.
authors.forename: W I
authors.initials: WI
authors.lastname: Litwinow
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Khomenko
mesh_terms: D000542:Alveolitis, Extrinsic Allergic / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000145:classification*; D006801:Humans; D008285:Major Histocompatibility Complex
chemical_list: D006680:HLA Antigens
vernacular_title: HLA-Typisierung bei exogen allergischer Alveolitis.