Schizophrenia, rheumatoid arthritis and natural resistance genes.

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The strong negative correlation between schizophrenia and rheumatoid arthritis might provide clues as to the aetiology of these two diseases. An immunological explanation has been sought in the HLA sector of the major histocompatibility complex, which has been shown to have a role in the development of rheumatoid arthritis. The search for an association between schizophrenia and HLA haplotypes, however, has...

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