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A study of the PEMT gene in schizophrenia.
Neuroscience letters - 13 Sept 2007
Liu Yang, Zhang Haiying, Ju Guizhi, Zhang Xuan, Xu Qi, Liu Shuzheng, Yu Yaqin, Shi Jieping, Boyle Susanne, Wang Zhenqi, Shen Yan, Wei Jun
Abstract excerpt
The phospholipid hypothesis of schizophrenia is becoming popular because of the findings from the niacin flush test, the treatment with polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), biochemical studies for the phospholipid metabolism pathway and genetic studies of phospholipase A2. The present study attempted to investigate the gene coding for phosphatidylethanolamine N-methyltransferase (PEMT), which is an important...
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