Schizophrenia and the HLA-DRB1 gene in the Japanese population

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 156, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 771-773

  Sasaki, Tsukasa ^a   Matsushita, Masaki ^b   Nanko, Shinichiro ^b   Fukuda, Rimmei ^b   Kennedy, James L ^b   Tokunaga, Katsushi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HLA SYSTEM; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0032922318     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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