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Schizophrenia and HLA: No association with PCR-SSOP typed classical loci in a large Irish familial sample.
American journal of medical genetics - 20 Aug 1999
Hawi Z, Gibson S, Straub R E, Walsh D, Kendler K S, Gill M
Abstract excerpt
Susceptibility to autoimmunity is strongly influence by genes clustered in the MHC region, particularly class I and class II antigens. It has been proposed that there is an immune component in the aetiology of schizophrenia, and the distribution of human leukocyte antigens (HLA) in schizophrenic patients and controls has been investigated in numerous studies. Positive associations have been reported between...
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