ea0035p40 | Adrenal cortex | ECE2014
Ross Ian
, Babu Sunanda
, Yu Liping
, Armstrong Taylor
, Zhang Li
, Schatz Desmond
, Pugliese Alberto
, Eisenbarth George
, Baker Peter
Background: Data examining HLA associations in Addisons disease (AD) from South Africa (SA) are limited. We wished to determine the HLA in South African AD patients either positive or negative for 21 hydroxylase autoantibodies (21 OH-AA) and matched healthy controls, hypothesising that certain HLA alleles could predominate, but there may be differences from Western countries.Methods: SA patients (n=73) were enrolled as part of a nationwide...