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Haptoglobin polymorphism and schizophrenia: genetic variation on chromosome 16.
Psychiatry research - 10 Oct 2001
Maes M, Delanghe J, Bocchio Chiavetto L, Bignotti S, Tura G B, Pioli R, Zanardini R, Altamura C A
Abstract excerpt
Recently, it was shown that schizophrenia is accompanied by an activation of the inflammatory response system with signs of an acute phase response, such as increased plasma haptoglobin (Hp) concentrations. Hp is characterized by a molecular variation with three known phenotypes, i.e. Hp 1-1, Hp 2-1 and Hp 2-2. The aim of the present study was to examine Hp phenotypic and genotypic frequencies in schizophrenic...
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