Article
[Serotonin transporter gene polymorphism in families with schizophrenia].
Zhurnal nevrologii i psikhiatrii imeni S.S. Korsakova - 1 Jan 2001
Golimbet V E, Shcherbatykh T V, Abramova L I, Kaleda V G, Oleĭchik I V, Orlova V A, Rogaev E I
Abstract excerpt
Recently association between VNTR-17 (12 copies, allel 12) and schizophrenia has been reported. Relations between allele polymorphism of serotonin transporter gene and schizophrenia in 71 Russian families with schizophrenia (n = 253) were studied. Genotyping was made by VNTR-17 and HTTLPR loci. Allele 10 was transmitted 25 times and allele 12 was transmitted 28 times. In the case of HTTLPR polymorphism allele I...
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