HLA alleles and fissured tongue.
The aim of this study was to investigate the linkage between HLA and fissured tongue. Sixty- nine individuals with fissured tongue and 125 healthy volunteers were typed for HLA-DRB1*. The results showed increased frequency of HLA-DRB1*08 (P < 0.001), HLA-DRB1*14 (P < 0.01), HLA-DRB1*11 (P < 0.05) and HLA-DRB1*16 (P < 0.05), while HLA-DRB1*03 and HLA-DRB1*07 frequency was decreased (P < 0.05).
Kalifatidis
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Department of Oral Medicine and Maxillofacial Pathology, School of Dentistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Albanidou-Farmaki
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Daniilidis
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Markopoulos
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Karyotis
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Antoniades
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D000483:Alleles; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005799:Genes, Dominant; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006115:Greece; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000235:genetics; D006684:HLA-DR Antigens / Q000235:genetics*; D059811:HLA-DRB1 Chains; D006239:Haplotypes; D006650:Histocompatibility Testing; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014063:Tongue, Fissured / Q000235:genetics*
D006680:HLA Antigens; D006684:HLA-DR Antigens; D059811:HLA-DRB1 Chains