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Molecular genetics of schizophrenia: past, present and future.
Journal of biosciences - 1 Feb 2002
Prasad Suman, Semwal Prachi, Deshpande Smita, Bhatia Triptish, Nimgaonkar V L, Thelma B K
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Schizophrenia is a severe neuropsychiatric disorder with a polygenic mode of inheritance which is also governed by non-genetic factors. Candidate genes identified on the basis of biochemical and pharmacological evidence are being tested for linkage and association studies. Neurotransmitters, especially dopamine and serotonin have been widely implicated in its etiology. Genome scan of all human chromosomes with...
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