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Serotonin receptor gene HTR3A variants in schizophrenic and bipolar affective patients.
Pharmacogenetics - 1 Feb 2001
Niesler B, Weiss B, Fischer C, Nöthen M M, Propping P, Bondy B, Rietschel M, Maier W, Albus M, Franzek E, Rappold G A
Abstract excerpt
Serotonin receptor genes have always been considered excellent candidate genes in the aetiology of neurogenetic diseases. In this study, we assessed sequence variations of the HTR3A gene. For this purpose, we established exon-specific primers and analysed DNA samples from 165 unrelated individuals including 70 schizophrenic patients, 48 patients with bipolar affective disorder and 47 healthy control persons using...
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