The British Journal of Psychiatry 149: 612-615 (1986)
© 1986 The Royal College of Psychiatrists
HLA antigens in schizophrenia: a family study
R Chadda, P Kulhara, T Singh and S Sehgal
HLA haplotypes A and B were studied in eight families with two or more
schizophrenic members. All index cases and all but two sick relatives
satisfied Research Diagnostic Criteria for the diagnosis of schizophrenia;
45 subjects were studied. Data were analysed by sequential tests for the
detection of linkage and by the affected sib- pair method. The results do
not support a linkage between HLA and schizophrenia.