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Differences in p53 gene polymorphisms between Korean schizophrenia and lung cancer patients.
Schizophrenia research - 1 Mar 2004
Park J K, Lee H J, Kim J W, Park Y H, Lee S S, Chang H I, Song J Y, Yoon D J, Bahn G H, Shin Y H, Kim Y J, Kim S A, Choe B K, Kim C J, Chung J H
Abstract excerpt
The reduced incidence of cancer observed in schizophrenia patients may be related to differences in genetic background. It has been suggested that genetic predisposition towards schizophrenia is associated with reduced vulnerability to lung cancer, and p53 gene is one of the candidate genes. We tested the genetic association between schizophrenia and lung cancer by analyzing polymorphic sites in the p53 gene....
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