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Association between COMT gene and Chinese male schizophrenic patients with violent behavior.
Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research - 1 Sept 2009
Gu Yan, Yun Libing, Tian Yuanyuan, Hu Zeqing
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Haplotype analysis is hypothesized as having better power than individual SNPs in detecting the association between genotype and phenotype, but this approach has rarely been used in studies of the genetics of violent behavior in schizophrenia. The aim of this study was to further examine the role of the COMT gene in violent behavior. MATERIAL/METHODS: Both individual SNP and haplotype were used to...
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