title: HLA alleles and fissured tongue.
abstract: 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).
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Medicine and Maxillofacial Pathology, School of Dentistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kalifatidis
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Albanidou-Farmaki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Daniilidis
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Markopoulos
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Karyotis
authors.forename: D Z
authors.initials: DZ
authors.lastname: Antoniades
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D006680:HLA Antigens; D006684:HLA-DR Antigens; D059811:HLA-DRB1 Chains