Search for a correlation between familial allergy to cocksfoot pollen and HLA antigens.

Pillier-Loriette C, Marcelli-Barge A, Dausset J, Treich I, Gervais P, Raffard M, Hanocq E, Berman D, de Montis G

Monogr Allergy. 1977;11:61-8.

Twelve families comprising 62 individuals, 31 allergic to grasses, were examined. No significant correlation between pollinosis and the HLA system was observed. However, there was a close correlation between cocksfoot skin tests and the RAST (p less than 10(-6)).