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Dopamine receptor D2 gene Taq1A (C32806T) polymorphism modifies the relationship between birth weight and educational attainment in adulthood: 21-year follow-up of the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns study.
Pediatrics - 1 Oct 2007
Keltikangas-Järvinen Liisa, Elovainio Marko, Kivimäki Mika, Raitakari Olli T, Viikari Jorma S A, Lehtimäki Terho
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OBJECTIVE: Low birth weight is suggested to be a risk factor for a wide variety of negative outcomes, including low educational attainment, but the role of cognition-related genetic influences on this association remains unclear. The objective of this study was to study whether variation in the dopamine receptor gene (dopamine receptor D2 polymorphism, rs1800497) modifies the association between birth weight and...
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