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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-9-4
pubmed:abstractText
To research whether specific alleles HLA class I (HLA-A and HLA-B) and class II (HLA-DR) are risk factors for the development of exudative type of Age Related Macular Degeneration (ARMD), HLA antigens are expressed both in normal and affected eyes with ARMD. We designed a prospective case-controlled study. We recruited 75 patients with choroidal neovascularization predominantly classic or occult, secondary to ARMD, and treated with photodynamic therapy. Two hundred and fifty patients over 55 years old, without ophthalmologic pathology who went to hospital for an analytical routine check were used as control. The analysis of the data shows a significant difference between two groups. Allele HLA-B27 correlated positively with ARMD (p < 0.0113). However, we didn't find alleles negatively associated. Thus HLA-B27 is an allele predisposed to suffer ARMD.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
2042-0226
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
6
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
303-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-4-6
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19728932-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:19728932-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:19728932-Choroidal Neovascularization, pubmed-meshheading:19728932-Exudates and Transudates, pubmed-meshheading:19728932-Female, pubmed-meshheading:19728932-Genetic Predisposition to Disease, pubmed-meshheading:19728932-HLA-A Antigens, pubmed-meshheading:19728932-HLA-B27 Antigen, pubmed-meshheading:19728932-HLA-DR Antigens, pubmed-meshheading:19728932-Histocompatibility Testing, pubmed-meshheading:19728932-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:19728932-Macular Degeneration, pubmed-meshheading:19728932-Male, pubmed-meshheading:19728932-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:19728932-Photochemotherapy, pubmed-meshheading:19728932-Polymorphism, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:19728932-Prospective Studies, pubmed-meshheading:19728932-Risk Factors
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
HLA B27 as predisposition factor to suffer age related macular degeneration.
pubmed:affiliation
Hospital Universitario Reina Sofia, CP 14011, Córdoba, Spain. drvill@terra.es
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Controlled Clinical Trial