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[Association of the schizophrenia susceptible gene DKK4 with brain volume in Chinese populations].
Dong wu xue yan jiu = Zoological research - 1 Feb 2011
Zhang Li-Hua, Li Ming, Shi Xiao-Dong, Ren Hui, Su Bing, Xu Zhong
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Schizophrenia is one of the most severe mental disorders with a worldwide incidence of 1%. Previous studies suggested that the brain volumes of the schizophrenia patients were much smaller than the healthy individuals and many schizophrenia susceptible genetic variants have been shown associated with structural brain abnormalities in patients, which is consistent with the neurodevelopmental hypothesis of the...
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