No HLA‐DR specificity is associated with endometriosis
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This study typed HLA-A, B, and DR antigens in 31 endometriosis patients and found no association with any DR specificity, suggesting against an autoimmune etiology.
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Thirty-one patients with endometriosis were typed for HLA-A, B and DR antigens. No association was found between the disease and any DR specificity, which may be taken as evidence against an autoimmune aetiology.
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