Am J Psychiatry 1984; 141:1109-1110
Copyright © 1984 by American Psychiatric Association
High frequency of HLA-Bw16 in patients with anorexia nervosa
J Biederman, TM Rivinus, DB Herzog, JS Harmatz, K Shanley and EJ Yunis
Anorectic patients (N = 37) had a higher frequency of HLA-Bw16 than normal
controls, due to the higher frequency of HLA-Bw38. They also had a higher
rate of A26-Bw38. HLA typing may lead to hypotheses about the biology of
anorexia nervosa.
