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Association analysis of COMT polymorphisms with schizophrenia and smooth pursuit eye movement abnormality.
Journal of human genetics - 1 Dec 2009
Park Byung Lae, Shin Hyoung Doo, Cheong Hyun Sub, Park Chul Soo, Sohn Jin-Wook, Kim Bong-Jo, Seo Han-Kil, Kim Jae Won, Kim Ki-Hoon, Shin Tae-Min, Choi Ihn-Geun, Kim Shin Gyeom, Woo Sung-Il
Abstract excerpt
Schizophrenia is a multifactorial disorder characterized by the contribution of multiple susceptibility genes that may act in conjunction with epigenetic processes and environmental factors. The catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) gene, which is located in the 22q11 microdeletion, has been considered as a candidate gene for schizophrenia because of its ability to degrade catecholamines, including dopamine. In a...
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