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Association of DRD4 uVNTR and TP53 codon 72 polymorphisms with schizophrenia: a case-control study.
BMC medical genetics - 29 Dec 2009
Lung For-Wey, Shu Bih-Ching, Kao Wei-Tsung, Chen C Nathan, Ku Yu-Chi, Tzeng Dong-Sheng
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BACKGROUND: The tumour supressor gene TP53 is thought to be involved in neural apoptosis. The polymorphism at codon 72 in TP53 and the long form variants of the upstream variable number of tandem repeats (uVNTR) polymorphism in the dopamine D4 receptor (DRD4) gene are reported to confer susceptib...
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