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HLA-A and B antigens were defined in 154 unrelated idiopathic hemochromatosis patients. The study confirmed the highly significant positive association with HLA antigens A3 (corrected P less than 10(-10)) and B14 (corrected P less than 10(-9)). HLA-DR typing showed increased frequency of the specificity DRw6, which was frequently associated with the phenotype A3, B14 and antigen B14, suggesting linkage disequilibrium. This was borne out by PLT data.
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