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HLA-DR antigen association with proliferative diabetic retinopathy

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No significant differences could be found in the HLA-DR antigen frequency of two groups of patients with insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM). One group consisted of 49 patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy and the other group of 31 patients with no ophthalmoscopic evidence of diabetic retinopathy.

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  1. Northern Ireland Tissue Typing Lab. City Hospital, BT9 7AD, Belfast, UK

    D. Middleton

  2. Department of Ophthalmology, The Queen's University of Belfast Eye & Ear Clinic Royal Victoria Hospital, BT12 7BA, Belfast, UK

    P. B. Johnston

  3. Northern Ireland Tissue Typing Lab. City Hospital, BT9 7AD, Belfast, UK

    E. L. Gillespie

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Middleton, D., Johnston, P.B. & Gillespie, E.L. HLA-DR antigen association with proliferative diabetic retinopathy. Int Ophthalmol 8, 33–35 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00136459

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