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Genetic approaches to polydipsia in schizophrenia: a preliminary report of a family study and an association study of an angiotensin-converting enzyme gene polymorphism.
American journal of medical genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics : the official publication of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics - 15 May 2003
Shinkai Takahiro, Ohmori Osamu, Hori Hiroko, Nakamura Jun
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The pathophysiology of polydipsia in patients with schizophrenia is inadequately understood. This study aims to investigate the genetic influence on polydipsia in schizophrenia, and is comprised of a family study and an association study. First, we screened in-patients in 14 psychiatric hospitals and found a total of 36 pairs of a proband and his/her first-degree relative, both of whom were diagnosed with...
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