Abstract
The relationship between the incidence of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) and human leukocyte antigens (HLA) was analyzed in HLA-identical sibling bone marrow transplantation donor/recipient pairs from the two major populations in Israel: Jewish and Arabic. HLA phenotypes were significantly different, in both groups, between patients and healthy controls. Among Jews, a higher incidence of GVHD was found with A28, CW3, CW6 of class I and DR7, DQ2 of class II; a lower incidence was found with A2, A26, B14. Among Arabs, a higher incidence of GVHD was found with B41, CW7 of class I, and DR2, DR13 of class II. The development of GVHD is apparently associated with HLA phenotypes specific to each population.
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