title: Primary affective disorders and HLA antigens.
abstract: In 125 patients with various types of primary affective disorders, 27 HLA antigens of the A, B and C loci were examined. Bw40 occurred more frequently in the primarly form (20.83% against 7.64% in controls) and Cw4 in the unipolar form (25%) and, in disease in general, 16%, against 9.58% in controls. Following correction, however, these differences are statistically insignificant.
mesh_terms: D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000235:genetics*; D000939:Epitopes; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D000939:Epitopes; D006680:HLA Antigens