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Recurrent acute multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy in two cousins
1Department of Clinical Ophthalmology, Institute of Ophthalmology, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
American Journal of Ophthalmology
|May 1, 1995
Abstract
Purpose/Methods:
To test the hypothesis that there may be inherited predisposition in acute multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy, HLA typing was undertaken in two cousins with recurrent disease.
Results/Conclusions:
Both cousins were shown to have HLA antigens DR2 but not B7; both antigens have been associated with this disorder previously. This finding is compatible with the concept that DR2 may be associated with an increased risk of recurrent disease.