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The frequency of HLA-B5 (66%, n = 38) in Japanese patients with Takayasu's disease was significantly higher than in controls (32%, n = 160). The level of significance was x2 = 13.53, P less than 0.0005 and corrected P less than 0.009.
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Naito et al. (1978) studied this question.
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