Article
Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) DRB1 alleles in Kuwaiti Arabs with schizophrenia.
American journal of medical genetics - 4 Dec 2000
Haider M Z, Zahid M A, Dalal H N, Razik M A
Abstract excerpt
The frequency of human leukocyte anti- gen DRB1 alleles was determined in a cohort of 194 Kuwaiti Arabs consisting of 80 schizophrenia patients and 114 ethnically matched healthy controls, using a polymerase chain reaction-sequence specific primers method. A total of 12 DRB1 alleles were identified in this Kuwaiti cohort. A statistically significant difference was detected in the frequency of alleles DRB1(*)04...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Alleles
- Arabs
- DNA
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- Genotype
- HLA-DR Antigens
- HLA-DRB1 Chains
- Humans
- Kuwait
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Schizophrenia
