title: A genetic study of Behçet's disease in Taiwan Chinese.
abstract: The frequency of HLA-A, B and C antigen in 53 patients and HLA-DR, DQ and Dn antigen in 31 patients of Behçet's disease was studied. All patients were Chinese, and diagnosis was made according to the Japanese Research Committee on Behçet's disease. A significantly increased incidence of HLA-B51 (P less than 0.001) and a significantly decreased incidence of HLA-B16 (P less than 0.01) was found. No significant difference was found in HLA-DR, DQ and DN antigens.
authors: Department of Ophthalmology, National Yang-Ming Medical College, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
authors: Y M
authors: YM
authors: Chung
authors: S T
authors: ST
authors: Tsai
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Liao
authors: J H
authors: JH
authors: Liu
mesh_terms: D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000235:genetics*; D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000235:genetics*; D006681:HLA-D Antigens / Q000235:genetics*; D006683:HLA-DQ Antigens / Q000235:genetics; D006684:HLA-DR Antigens / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013624:Taiwan
chemical_list: D006680:HLA Antigens; D006681:HLA-D Antigens; D006683:HLA-DQ Antigens; D006684:HLA-DR Antigens