Objective: To analyze the hereditary susceptibility in patients with endometriosis by way of genotyping of HLA-DPB1 alleles.
Methods: The allelic types of HLA-DPB1 were detected by sequence-based typing (SBT) in 38 patients with endometriosis and 36 healthy women as the control.
Result: Significant differences in the frequency of HLA-DRB1 allele was not observed between endometriotic patients and normal subjects.
Conclusion: HLA-DPB1 allele may not be related to endometriosis.