title: HLA-antigens in acute and chronic pancreatitis.
abstract: HLA-A and B-antigens were determined in 22 patients with acute and in 65 patients with chronic pancreatitis as well as in 165 healthy controls. There was a tendency of over- and underrepresentation of certain antigens indicating that there may be a genetically linked susceptibility of some patients to acute and chronic pancreatitis respectively. For further evaluation of these tendencies on a larger scale a multi-centre study is required.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D006680:HLA Antigens