title: Investigation of allotypes of HLA class III (C2, BF and C4) in patients with schizophrenia.
abstract: The allotypes of HLA Class III (C2, BF and C4) in 60 patients with schizophrenia were investigated. Significantly higher frequencies of BF*F, BF*SO7 and C4A*4 in patients were found as compared with those of the normal controls. The relative risks (RR) of the three allotypes to schizophrenia were 1.81, 7.79 and 4.18 and the etiologic fraction (EF) were 0.086, 0.060 and 0.042, respectively. There were no significant changes of C2 allotypes.
authors.affiliation: Sino-Australia Friendship Laboratory of Complement, Tongji Medical University, Wuhan.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: B X
authors.initials: BX
authors.lastname: Jian
authors.forename: X D
authors.initials: XD
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: X Z
authors.initials: XZ
authors.lastname: Zhao
mesh_terms: D003175:Complement C2 / Q000235:genetics; D003181:Complement C4 / Q000235:genetics; D011415:Complement Factor B / Q000235:genetics; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D007126:Immunoglobulin Allotypes; D008285:Major Histocompatibility Complex / Q000235:genetics; D010641:Phenotype; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D003175:Complement C2; D003181:Complement C4; D006680:HLA Antigens; D007126:Immunoglobulin Allotypes; D011415:Complement Factor B