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MTHFR and risk of metabolic syndrome in patients with schizophrenia.
Schizophrenia research - 1 Aug 2010
van Winkel Ruud, Rutten Bart P, Peerbooms Odette, Peuskens Joseph, van Os Jim, De Hert Marc
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Meta-analyses have implicated polymorphisms in MTHFR, encoding a critical enzyme in folate and homocysteine metabolism, in both schizophrenia and CVD. METHOD: A possible association between the C677T and A1298C polymorphisms of the MTHFR gene on the one hand, and metabolic syndrome on the other, was examined in a naturalistic cohort of 518 patients with a schizophrenia spectrum disorder screened for...
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