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Association for serotonin transporter gene variable number tandem repeat polymorphism and schizophrenic disorders.
Neuropsychobiology - 1 Jan 2002
Tsai Shih-Jen, Ouyang Wen-Chen, Hong Chen-Jee
Abstract excerpt
In contrast with two previous western reports, a recent study on a Chinese population found an association for allele 12 of the variable number tandem repeat (VNTR) in the second intron of the serotonin transporter (5-HTT) gene and schizophrenic disorders. We have replicated this finding for a Chinese population in Taiwan (114 schizophrenic patients and 127 controls), demonstrating a modest but significant...
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