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Fourty-two patients with a keratoconus and 200 controls were studied for the distribution of HLA-A, -B and -C antigens. No significant HLA-A, -B and -C associations were observed. The excess of males in our patient population, although not significant, confirmed similar findings by three other investigators.
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Völker-Dieben, H.J.M. (1984). HLA and ABO antigens in keratoconus patients. In: The Effect of Immunological and Non-immunological Factors on Corneal Graft Survival. Monographs in Ophthalmology, vol 8. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6566-9_13
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