HLA antigens were determined in a group of fifty-two patients with lichen planus. In the group as a whole the frequency of A28 was increased but not significantly so. When the patients were subdivided according to the results of an oral glucose tolerance test, however, a highly significant increase in the frequency of A28 was found among the non-diabetic patients.
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