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Use of polymerase chain reaction nad denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis to identify polymorphisms in three exons of dopamine D2 receptor gene in schizophrenic and delusional patients.
Neuropsychobiology - 1 Jan 1992
Catalano M, Nobile M, Novelli E, Smeraldi E
Abstract excerpt
The dopamine D2 receptor gene is a candidate gene for schizophrenia. We screened three exons of this gene for mutations in a large sample of schizophrenics, delusional patients and healthy controls. No structural changes were found, thus suggesting that psychopathology is not related to DNA alterations in the DRD2 gene.
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