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Evidence that interactive effects of COMT and MTHFR moderate psychotic response to environmental stress.
Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica - 1 Mar 2012
Peerbooms O, Rutten B P F, Collip D, Lardinois M, Lataster T, Thewissen V, Rad S Mafi, Drukker M, Kenis G, van Os J, Myin-Germeys I, van Winkel R
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OBJECTIVE: A functional interaction between Catechol-O-Methyltransferase (COMT) Val158Met and methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) C677T has been shown to differentially affect cognition in patients with schizophrenia and healthy controls; the effect of COMT Val158Met × MTHFR interaction on resilience to stress in patients and controls remains to be examined. METHOD: A total of 98 patients with...
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