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Association between FOXP2 polymorphisms and schizophrenia with auditory hallucinations.
Psychiatric genetics - 1 Apr 2006
Sanjuán Julio, Tolosa Amparo, González José C, Aguilar Eduardo J, Pérez-Tur Jordi, Nájera Carmen, Moltó María Dolores, de Frutos Rosa
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OBJECTIVE: A mutation in the FOXP2 gene has been the first genetic association with a language disorder. Language disorder is considered as a core symptom of schizophrenia. Therefore, the FOXP2 gene could be considered a good candidate gene for the vulnerability to schizophrenia. METHODS: A set of single nucleotide polymorphisms mainly located in the 5' regulatory region of the FOXP2 gene was analysed in a sample...
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