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Tumor necrosis factor receptor-II: heritability and effect on brain morphology in schizophrenia.
Molecular psychiatry - 1 Nov 2000
Wassink T H, Crowe R R, Andreasen N C
Abstract excerpt
A growing body of research suggests the involvement of immune system factors in central nervous system development and in pathophysiology related to schizophrenia.(1,2) We therefore investigated the Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor-II (TNF-RII), a TNFalpha receptor expressed in fetal brain, as a candidate disease gene for schizophrenia. We also investigated the relationship between TNF-RII and adult brain...
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