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Meta-analysis shows schizophrenia is not associated with the 40-base-pair repeat polymorphism of the dopamine transporter gene.
Schizophrenia research - 1 Feb 2005
Gamma F, Faraone Stephen V, Glatt Stephen J, Yeh Yu-Chi, Tsuang Ming T
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OBJECTIVE: Several case-control studies examined an association between schizophrenia and the 40-bp variable number tandem repeat (VTNR) polymorphism in the 3'-UTR of the dopamine transporter gene (SLC6A3). The results of these studies have been equivocal due to small sample size and low power. This meta-analysis has the aim to evaluate the collective evidence for an association between the VTNR polymorphism and...
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