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Schizophrenia and smoking: evidence for a common neurobiological basis?
American journal of medical genetics - 3 Apr 2000
Stassen H H, Bridler R, Hägele S, Hergersberg M, Mehmann B, Schinzel A, Weisbrod M, Scharfetter C
Abstract excerpt
Several previous investigations have suggested that the gene for the alpha 7-nicotinic receptor may play a role in the pathogenesis of schizophrenia and may be responsible for the heavy smoking among schizophrenic patients. In a study of 129 healthy controls and 127 schizophrenic, schizoaffective, and bipolar patients we have aimed 1) to confirm the potential association between schizophrenia and the alpha...
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