Research Article

Targeting the Immunogenetic Diseases with the Appropriate HLA Molecular Typing: Critical Appraisal on 2666 Patients Typed in One Single Centre

Table 2

Percentage of HLA typing requests coming from medical specialists and general practitioners for each autoimmune pathology.

Autoimmune diseaseN HLA typing request
Medical specialistsGeneral practitioners

Ankylosing spondylitis72445.17%54.83%
Uveitis12573.60%26.40%
Behçet's disease21258.49%41.51%
Rheumatoid arthritis55493.86%6.14%
Celiac disease79578.24%21.76%
Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus 25698.44%1.56%