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An association of CAG repeats at the KCNN3 locus with symptom dimensions of schizophrenia.
Biological psychiatry - 15 May 2002
Ritsner Michael, Modai Ilan, Ziv Hana, Amir Sharon, Halperin Tami, Weizman Abraham, Navon Ruth
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BACKGROUND: In 1999 Cardno et al reported that long CAG repeats in the calcium-activated potassium channel gene hSKCa3/KCNN3 are associated with higher negative symptom dimension scores in schizophrenia patients. There has been no attempt to replicate the results. In this study, we investigated whether a symptom polymorphism of schizophrenia is associated with both the CAG repeat numbers and the difference in...
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