title: Histocompatibility (HLA) antigens in keratoconus.
abstract: To determine if susceptibility to keratoconus is associated with the histocompatibility (HLA) system, we HLA-typed 39 keratoconic patients and 208 normal controls for 63 HLA-A, -B, and -C antigens. The antigen frequencies for the keratoconic patients did not differ significantly from the frequencies for the control patients. These results suggest that susceptibility to keratoconus is not associated with the HLA system.
mesh_terms: D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D007640:Keratoconus / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D006680:HLA Antigens