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Brief report| Volume 37, ISSUE 8, P546-549, April 15, 1995

Impaired mitogen (PHA) responsiveness and increased autoantibodies in caucasian schizophrenic patients with the HLA B8/DR3 phenotype

  • K.N. Roy Chengappa
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    Department of Psychiatry (Immunopsychiatry Program), Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic. University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Brain, Behaviour and Immunity Center, University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie-Mellon University. Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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  • Rohan Ganguli
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    Address reprint requests to Rohan Ganguli, M.D., FRCPC, Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Pathology. Immunopsychiatry Program, Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic, 3811 O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh. PA 15213-2593.
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    Department of Psychiatry (Immunopsychiatry Program), Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic. University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Department of Pathology (Division of Immunopathology) University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Brain, Behaviour and Immunity Center, University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie-Mellon University. Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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  • Zan W. Yang
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    Department of Psychiatry (Immunopsychiatry Program), Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic. University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Brain, Behaviour and Immunity Center, University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie-Mellon University. Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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  • Galina Shurin
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    Department of Psychiatry (Immunopsychiatry Program), Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic. University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Brain, Behaviour and Immunity Center, University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie-Mellon University. Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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  • Jaspreet S. Brar
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    Department of Psychiatry (Immunopsychiatry Program), Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic. University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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  • Bruce S. Rabin
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    Department of Psychiatry (Immunopsychiatry Program), Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic. University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Department of Pathology (Division of Immunopathology) University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Brain, Behaviour and Immunity Center, University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie-Mellon University. Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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