[Association of idiopathic acropustuloses to HLA antigens and their relation to psoriasis]

Immunogenetical findings can contribute to the understanding of diseases of unknown etiology. It has, however, become difficult to define the borderlines between related diseases, since a vast amount of individual facts have been reported. For this reason, immunogenetical findings should only be seen as a part of general pathology. Our study, which makes use of HLA markers, is an attempt to provide a better definition of idiopathic acropustulosis, and to differentiate it more clearly from psoriasis.