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Lack of association between schizophrenia and HLA DQB1 alleles in a Swedish sample.
Schizophrenia research - 9 Feb 1998
Jönsson E G, Zhang F, Nimgaonkar V L, Rudert W A, Sedvall G C
Abstract excerpt
Three studies have reported a negative genetic association between schizophrenia and HLA DQB1*0602, an allele of the human leucocyte antigen (HLA) DQB1*06 gene. In a sample of ethnic all homogeneous Caucasians living in Sweden, the frequency of HLA DQB1 alleles in patients with schizophrenia (n = 124) was compared with that in a control group (n = 85). No significant differences were found. Together with previous...
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