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The human serotonin receptor gene (HTR2) MspI polymorphism in Japanese schizophrenic and alcoholic patients.
Neuropsychobiology - 1 Jan 2000
Yoshihara E, Nakamura K, Itoh M, Ameno K, Takeuchi Y, Ijiri I, Iwahashi K
Abstract excerpt
Epidemiological and genetic studies of alcoholism and schizophrenia have been performed, and in this study, the human serotonin receptor (HTR2) polymorphism was examined in 75 alcoholics and 31 schizophrenic patients. We found that there might not be a significant difference between these psychiatric disease patients and controls in the frequency of the C1/C2 HTR2 gene (MspI polymorphism). The results suggest...
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