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HLA class II DRB (DRB1, -3, -4, and -5) and DQB1 genotyping was performed using a parallel series of PCR reactions, each of which contained sequence specific primers designed to amplify different HLA DRB and DQB1 alleles or allele groups (PCR-SSP analysis). In each case the HLA DRB and DQB1 genotypes identified within the decidua and HM were compared. RESULTS: Within the decidual tissue, HLA DRB genotypes were assignable in all nine cases, and HLA DQB1 genotypes were identified in seven cases. Within the molar tissue, HLA DRB genotypes were assignable in seven cases, and at least one HLA DQB1 allele was identified in seven cases. Interpretation based on HLA class II genotyping was therefore possible in two cases classified on histological appearances as complete HM, in four classified as partial HM, and in one HM of uncertain type. Different HLA DRB and DQB1 haplotypes were identified within the decidual and molar tissue from both complete HM, consistent with a solely paternal origin and supporting the histological diagnosis. HLA DRB and DQB1 alleles common to the decidual and molar tissue were present within the four partial HM and the HM of histologically uncertain type, consistent with combined maternal and paternal genetic input to these HM, supporting the histological diagnosis in four cases and suggesting that the histologically equivocal case was also a partial HM. CONCLUSION: PCR-SSP HLA class II DRB and DQB1 typing is reliably applicable to DNA extracted from formalin fixed and paraffin wax embedded tissue. 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