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Determination of the relationship between major histocompatibility complex alleles and childhood onset obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Turkish journal of medical sciences - 1 Apr 2022
Lüleyap Ümit, Karacaoğlan Gökhan, Tahiroğlu Ayşegül Yolga, Yaman Akgün, Pazarcı Perçin, Çetiner Salih, Alptekin Davut, Sertdemir Yaşar, Evyapan Gülşah, Lüleyap Doğa
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: About half of the cases of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) occurring in childhood/adolescence occur with similar symptoms both in childhood and adulthood. Immunologic stress is claimed to be a risk factor in the etiology of childhood onset OCD. Our aim was to elucidate the relationship between childhood onset OCD risk and MHC complex I and II alleles. METHODS: MHC alleles of 49 OCD children...
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