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Catechol-O-methyltransferase Val158Met polymorphism in relation to aggressive schizophrenia in a Korean population.
European neuropsychopharmacology : the journal of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology - 1 Nov 2008
Kim Youl-Ri, Kim Jeong Hyun, Kim Se Joo, Lee Dongeun, Min Sung Kil
Abstract excerpt
We examined the association between the Catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) Val158Met polymorphism and aggressive schizophrenia. The sample included 61 aggressive schizophrenic patients as well as 104 non-aggressive patients from psychiatric hospitals and 415 healthy volunteers in South Korea. In the case-control comparisons, there was no significant association between the aggressive schizophrenic patients and...
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