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No association between polymorphisms in the DDC gene and paranoid schizophrenia in a northern Chinese population.
Psychiatric genetics - 1 Sept 2004
Zhang Boyu, Jia Yanbin, Yuan Yanbo, Yu Xin, Xu Qi, Shen Yucun, Shen Yan
Abstract excerpt
Several lines of evidence suggest that dysfunctions of neurotransmitters are associated with schizophrenia. DOPA decarboxylase (DDC) is an enzyme involved directly in the synthesis of dopamine and serotonin, and indirectly in the synthesis of noradrenaline. Therefore, the DDC gene can be consider...
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