HLA ANTIGENS IN PATIENTS WITH DIFFERENT FORMS OF ARTERIAL-HYPERTENSION

The authors analyze the frequency of HIA antigens in 121 male patients with borderline arterial hypertension and in 60 patients with hypertensive disease, stage II. The frequency of HIA antigens in these patients was compared with their frequency in the male population of Leningrad inhabitants (858 healthy donors). Patients with borderline arterial hypertension showed a characteristic increase of the frequency of B16, B18 CW4 antigens. The presence of an increase representation of B18 and C4 antigens in both groups makes it possible to consider them as immunogenetic markers of the development of arterial hypertension.