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Adolescent cannabis use, psychosis and catechol-O-methyltransferase genotype in African Americans and Caucasians.
The Psychiatric quarterly - 1 Dec 2009
Kantrowitz Joshua T, Nolan Karen A, Sen Srijan, Simen Arthur A, Lachman Herbert M, Bowers Malcolm B
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Cannabis has been reported as a likely risk factor for the development of psychosis, and a gene × environment interaction with the catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) gene has been proposed. Moreover, COMT has been separately linked to affective symptoms in psychosis. Despite a high rate of canna...
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