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The association between HLA antigens and the presence of certain diseases
Author(s) -
Green J. R.,
Chiew Mui Kui,
Low Heng Chin,
Woodrow J. C.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
statistics in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.996
H-Index - 183
eISSN - 1097-0258
pISSN - 0277-6715
DOI - 10.1002/sim.4780020109
Subject(s) - human leukocyte antigen , association (psychology) , immunology , antigen , medicine , computer science , psychology , psychotherapist
The association between the presence or absence of two HLA antigens and coeliac disease, thyrotoxicosis and ankylosing spondylitis has been studied in patients and controls. The simple empirical logistic model and a refinement due to Dyke and Patterson have been used to examine which conditional associations are important.