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The 21 HLA-A and -B antigens were typed in 38 patients with the senile form of Alzheimer's disease and 301 healthy individuals. No statistically significant difference was found in the frequency of HLA antigens after correction of P.
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Májský, A., Vojtěchovský, M. Non-relationship between the HLA system and the senile form of Alzheimer's disease. Arch Psychiatr Nervenkr 233, 381–383 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00346088
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00346088