Human leukocyte antigen-DQB1 alleles are not associated with schizophrenia in Kuwaiti Arabs

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 236-239

  Haider, Mohammad Z ^a   Zahid, Mohammad A ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Allele; HLA; Kuwait; PCR; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARAB; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 6; CHROMOSOME IDENTIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELES; ARABS; COHORT STUDIES; DNA; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; HUMANS; KUWAIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 3042781461     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2004.01225.x     Document Type: Article

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