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HLA Antigens in Schizophrenia: No Difference Between Patients with and Without Evidence of Brain Atrophy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Elias Frangos ,
Nitsa Renieri-Livieratou ,
George Athanassenas ,
Ekaterini Stavropoulou-Ghioka  and
Antony Kourkoubas
Elias Frangos
Affiliation:
3rd Department of Psychiatry, State Mental Hospital of Athens, Daphni, Greece
Nitsa Renieri-Livieratou
Affiliation:
Tissue Typing Laboratory, General Hospital of Athens, Greece
George Athanassenas
Affiliation:
3rd Department of Psychiatry, State Mental Hospital of Athens, Daphni, Greece
Ekaterini Stavropoulou-Ghioka
Affiliation:
Tissue Typing Laboratory, General Hospital of Athens, Greece
Antony Kourkoubas
Affiliation:
3rd Department of Psychiatry, State Mental Hospital of Athens, Daphni, Greece
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Summary

The HLA antigens distribution was studied in 56 chronic schizophrenic in-patients with or without brain atrophy determined by CAT examination, and compared with that of 200 controls. There was no difference in the incidence of HLA-A2 in the whole sample, and an increase in those without brain atrophy (by comparison with normal controls) failed to reach statistical significance. A decrease of Bw35 in the whole sample, more prominent in those without brain atrophy, again failed to be significant after multiplying the probability by the number of antigens studied.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 140 , Issue 6 , June 1982 , pp. 607 - 610
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1982 

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