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Functional -1149 g/t polymorphism of the prolactin gene in schizophrenia.
Neuropsychobiology - 1 Jan 2012
Rybakowski Janusz K, Dmitrzak-Weglarz Monika, Kapelski Pawel, Hauser Joanna
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BACKGROUND: Prolactin in schizophrenia is considered in the context of antipsychotic drug-induced hyperprolactinemia. However, the European First Episode Schizophrenia Trial showed that hyperprolacti nemia occurred in a significant proportion of drug-naïve first-episode schizophrenia patients, which shows that it may also be caused by other factors, including genetic predisposition. Therefore, we investigated the...
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