title: HLA antigens in acute anterior uveitis and spondyloarthropathies in Asian Indians and their comparison with American whites and blacks.
abstract: HLA antigen frequencies in 53 unrelated Asian Indian patients with acute anterior uveitis, with or without associated spondyloarthropathies, were compared with our published data on American Whites and Blacks. The most frequent HLA phenotype among uveitis patients with associated ankylosing spondylitis was A9(W24), B27 in Asian Indians as compared to A2, B27 in the American Whites and Blacks.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016918:Arthritis, Reactive / Q000235:genetics; D044383:Black People; D005260:Female; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000235:genetics*; D013167:Spondylitis, Ankylosing / Q000235:genetics; D014481:United States; D014606:Uveitis, Anterior / Q000235:genetics*; D044465:White People; D001741:Black or African American
chemical_list: D006680:HLA Antigens