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Analyses of variants located in estrogen metabolism genes (ESR1, ESR2, COMT and APOE) and schizophrenia.
Schizophrenia research - 1 Mar 2008
Martorell Lourdes, Costas Javier, Valero Joaquín, Gutierrez-Zotes Alfonso, Phillips Christopher, Torres María, Brunet Anna, Garrido Gemma, Carracedo Angel, Guillamat Roser, Vallès Vicenç, Guitart Miriam, Labad Antonio, Vilella Elisabet
Abstract excerpt
Relationships between gender, age-of-onset of schizophrenia and reproductive age strongly suggest a key role for gonadal hormones, and more specifically for estrogens, in the etiology of the illness. Also, estrogens act as neural growth and trophic factors influencing neuron and glial cells in ma...
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