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No association of the C677T methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase polymorphism with schizophrenia.
Psychiatric genetics - 1 Oct 2006
Philibert Robert, Gunter Tracy, Hollenbeck Nancy, Adams William J, Bohle Phillip, Packer Hans, Sandhu Harinder
Abstract excerpt
Some serological and genetic studies have suggested that alterations in folate metabolism are associated with increased vulnerability to schizophrenia. In particular, these findings are most striking for the role of a putatively functional variant (C677T) in the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) gene. To test the hypothesis that the T allele and the TT genotype are risk factors for psychosis, we...
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