D8/17 in obsessive-compulsive disorder and trichotillomania
Date
1999
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Health & Medical Publishing Group
Abstract
The finding that patients with Sydenham's
chorea often demonstrate obsessive-compulsive disorder
(OeD) has fostered increased interest in possible neuroimmunological
mechanisms in OCD.' Increased expression of
the B-Iymphocyte antigen 08/17, which has been hypothesised
to be a genetically inherited trait marker for susceptibility to
rheumatic fever, has recently been demonstrated to be higher in
OCD patients than in normal controls.2.3 To date, however,
08/17 expression has been studied in few psychiatric control
populations.
Description
CITATION: Niehaus, D. J. H. et al. 1999. D8/17 in obsessive-compulsive disorder and trichotillomania. South African Medical Journal, 89(7):755-756.
The original publication is available at http://www.samj.org.za
The original publication is available at http://www.samj.org.za
Keywords
Compulsive hair pulling, Obsessive-compulsive disorder