A novel assocation between HLA and disease: porphyria cutanea tarda and HLA-AW32.
An association between porphyria cutanea tarda and HLA-AW32 has been put into evidence in a group of 28 unrelated patients. A relative risk of 3.09, with a chi 2 of 4.55 (p less than 0.05) was found, using a 148-member panel of controls.
D005260:Female; D006680:HLA Antigens; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011164:Porphyrias / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*
D006680:HLA Antigens