Histocompatability Antigens and Schizophrenia
- 1 February 1978
- journal article
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 132 (2), 149-151
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.132.2.149
Abstract
The HLA (Human Leucocyte Antigen) types A and B were studied in 80 patients diagnosed as schizophrenic. There was an increased incidence of HLA-BW5 and a decrease in HLA-AW29 and HLA-BW17 as compared with healthy controls. In the sub-group of patients exhibiting Schneider's first-rank symptoms there was an increased incidence of HLA-A1 with a decrease in HLA-A2 and HLA-BW17.Keywords
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