Am J Psychiatry 1988; 145:876-877
Copyright © 1988 by American Psychiatric Association
Lack of association between HLA antigens and anorexia nervosa
A Kiss, A Hajek-Rosenmayr, A Haubenstock, S Wiesnagrotzki and G Moser
Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Psychiatric University Clinic, University of Vienna, Austria.
Studies of the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) system were performed in 37
patients with anorexia nervosa to confirm an alleged association with
HLA-B16 and haplotype HLA-A26,B38. No correlation between anorexia nervosa
and HLA, including HLA-DR, could be found.
