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Apoptosis and schizophrenia: is the tumour suppressor gene, p53, a candidate susceptibility gene?
Schizophrenia research - 14 Feb 2000
Catts V S, Catts S V
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This paper reviews the six published incidence studies of the relative risk of cancer in patients with schizophrenia compared with the general population. These studies used: incidence data, register case ascertainment, and controlled for age and sex. It is concluded that schizophrenia is associated with a lower risk of developing cancer. The role of apoptosis (programmed cell death) in cancer and brain...
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