Strong association of the third hypervariable region of HLA-DR β1 with autism

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 97-102

  Warren, Reed P ^a   Odell, J Dennis ^a   Warren, W Louise ^a   Burger, Roger A ^a   Maciulis, Alma ^a   Daniels, Wayne W ^a   Torres, Anthony R ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; HLA DR; Third hypervariable region

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4B; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030200135     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-5728(96)00052-5     Document Type: Article

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