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Possible association of the extended MHC haplotype B44-SC30-DR4 with autism.
Immunogenetics - 1 Jan 1992
Warren R P, Singh V K, Cole P, Odell J D, Pingree C B, Warren W L, DeWitt C W, McCullough M
Abstract excerpt
We previously reported that the complement C4B null allele appears to be associated with infantile autism. Since the C4B null allele is known to be part of the extended or ancestral haplotype [B44-SC30-DR4], we investigated the incidence of [B44-SC30-DR4] in 21 autistic children and their parents. This extended haplotype was increased by almost six-fold in the autistic subjects as compared with healthy controls....
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