Publisher Summary This chapter discusses conceptual and technical developments in the
field of human Ia antigens by describing the chemical structure and immunologic …

An analysis of the findings in 21 patients with the Cowden syndrome or the multiple
hamartoma syndrome is presented. The Cowden syndrome is a cancer‐associated …

Of 397 systemic sclerosis (scleroderma) patients from the University of Pittsburgh, who had
serum determinations of both anti–Scl‐70 and anticentromere antibody (ACA), 26% had anti …

Background: The frequency of skin cancer in organ trnasplant recipients is high, up to 15%.
Objective: Our purpose was to determine the incidence of skin cancer in patients who …

Nineteen cases from an epidemic of disseminated Kaposi's sarcoma in homosexual men
were studied by clinical, virologic, immunologic, and genetic methods. The patients were all …

Pretransplant risk assessment of graft failure is important for donor selection and choice of
immunosuppressive treatment. We examined the relation between kidney graft failure and …

CYTOTOXIC T cells are important in graft rejection and in the control of virus infections, but
the mode of interaction of these cells with their targets, particularly in man remains unclear. It …

Seventy‐seven female patients (36 adults and 41 children aged under 16 years) with
congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) were assessed using pelvic ultrasound, as well as …

Anticentromere antibody (ACA) was found in the serum of 4 (3%) of 120 patients with
progressive systemic sclerosis with diffuse scleroderma and in 69 (49%) of 141 with …

The use of a fluorescence method employing propidium iodide to determine nuclear
morphology of different cell types by epi-illumination in membrane immunofluorescence is …