Schizophrenia and the HLA-DRB1 gene in the Japanese population.

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OBJECTIVE: Small Japanese studies have suggested that patients with schizophrenia have higher rates of the HLA-DR1 gene than normal subjects. The authors' goal in the present study was to confirm this finding in a larger number of Japanese subjects. They also investigated the rate of DR4 in Japanese patients with schizophrenia because it has been reported that Caucasian patients with schizophrenia have higher...

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