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HLA HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS IN OPEN‐ANGLE GLAUCOMA
Author(s) -
DAMGAARDJENSEN L.,
KISSMEYERNIELSEN F.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1978.tb05691.x
Subject(s) - human leukocyte antigen , glaucoma , histocompatibility , medicine , typing , open angle glaucoma , immunology , antigen , ophthalmology , biology , genetics
HLA‐typing of 125 patients with open‐angle glaucoma (glaucoma simplex) showed no statistically significant deviations from a control series of 1197 blood donors. Some earlier, but mutually inconsistent, reports contradict this result. In evaluating investigations of this kind care must be taken to avoid statistical pitfalls.