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Weak association of the platelet-derived growth factor beta (PDGFB) and PDGF receptor beta (PDGFRB) genes with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder.
The world journal of biological psychiatry : the official journal of the World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry - 1 Mar 2011
Zai Gwyneth, Zai Clement, Tiwari Arun, King Nicole, Braithwaite Joanne, van Tol Hubert, Kennedy James L
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UNLABELLED: Schizophrenia is a severe neuropsychiatric disorder with diverse characterization of symptoms. Extensive research has been performed to elucidate the etiology of schizophrenia. One of the most convincing hypotheses comes from the dopaminergic system although none of the core genes has been consistently positive in association studies. OBJECTIVE: In this investigation, we explored the possibility that...
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