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Effects of the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) C677T polymorphism on executive function in schizophrenia.
Schizophrenia research - 1 May 2007
Roffman Joshua L, Weiss Anthony P, Deckersbach Thilo, Freudenreich Oliver, Henderson David C, Purcell Shaun, Wong Donna H, Halsted Charles H, Goff Donald C
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BACKGROUND: The methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) C677T polymorphism has been associated with both overall schizophrenia risk and severity of negative symptoms. This study examined whether schizophrenia patients homozygous for the risk allele (T/T) exhibit greater impairment in executive function, and determined the extent to which MTHFR's effects on negative symptoms underlie this relationship....
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