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Association between Taq1 a dopamine D2 receptor polymorphism and psychopathology of schizophrenia in Japanese patients.
Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry - 1 Oct 2000
Suzuki A, Kondo T, Mihara K, Furukori H, Nagashima U, Ono S, Otani K, Kaneko S
Abstract excerpt
1. Previous reports showed that the A1 allele of Taq1 A dopamine D2 receptor polymorphism was associated with lowered density and diminished function of dopamine D2 receptor. In this study, association between Taq1 A dopamine D2 receptor polymorphism and psychopathology of schizophrenia was investigated. 2. The subjects were 61 acutely exacerbated schizophrenic patients who were all Japanese descent and had...
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