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[An association study between paranoid schizophrenia and four genes involved in dopamine metabolism].
Yi chuan = Hereditas - 1 Apr 2006
Li Jun-Ning, Xu Qi, Shen Yan, Ji Liang
Abstract excerpt
Schizophrenia is a complex disease caused by interactions among multiple genes. Reports of one of its susceptibility genes, ethyltracatechol-O-mnsferase (COMT) have been conflicting. In the present study on paranoid schizophrenia, we have performed a multilocus association study to analyze the interactions among 4 genes that are involved in dopamine metabolism. Result supports the hypothesis that COMT-136-BclI...
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