Abstract
HLA typing was performed on 75 caucasian and 58 black patients with paralytic dementia hospitalized at 2 state mental institutions in New York. Serological testing was performed to confirm previous infection with T. pallidum. The caucasian patients showed an increase in B18 (18.7% vs. 9.6% in controls). The black patients showed an increase in A2 (48.3% vs. 28.7% in controls) and an increase in B7 (27.6% vs. 15.7% in controls).
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 417-420 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Journal of the Neurological Sciences |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue number | 2-3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Dec 1976 |
| Externally published | Yes |