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Association between HLA antigens and early onset periodontitis
Author(s) -
Firat Erhan,
Kantarci Alpdoǧan,
Cebeci Irfan,
Tanyeri Hakki,
Sönmez Gülay,
Çarin Mahmut,
Tuncer Özen
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of clinical periodontology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.456
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1600-051X
pISSN - 0303-6979
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-051x.1996.tb01825.x
Subject(s) - periodontitis , medicine , antigen , human leukocyte antigen , immunology
HLA‐A, B, C and DR antigen frequencies were determined in a group of patients with juvenile periodontitis and rapidly progressive periodontitis. In juvenile periodontitis patients. HLA‐A24 and DR4 were found at a significantly higher level than in the control group, and in rapidly progressive periodontitis patients, A9 and DR4 were found at a significantly higher level than the control group. The presence of these antigens gives evidence as to the susceptibility of various forms of early onset periodontitis.