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Human leukocyte antigen alleles in patients with bipolar disorder in the Korean population.
Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences - 1 Aug 2002
Jun Tae-youn, Pae Chi-un, Chae Jeong-ho, Pyo Chul-woo, Han Hoon
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We performed an association study between human leukocyte antigen (HLA) alleles and bipolar disorder to evaluate the potentiality of HLA as a genetic marker in bipolar disorder. HLA class I and class II allele frequencies were assessed in 87 bipolar patients and were compared with those of 206 normal controls in the Korean population. HLA class I typing was performed using the microlymphocytotoxicity method,...
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