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Effects of MAOA promoter methylation on susceptibility to paranoid schizophrenia.
Human genetics - 1 Jul 2012
Chen Yanbo, Zhang Jiexu, Zhang Li, Shen Yan, Xu Qi
Abstract excerpt
This study was undertaken to analyze DNA methylation profiling at the monoamine oxidase A (MAOA) locus, in order to determine whether abnormal DNA methylation is involved in the development of schizophrenia. We recruited a total of 371 patients with paranoid schizophrenia (199 males and 172 females) and 288 unrelated control subjects (123 males and 165 females) for analysis of DNA methylation. Diagnosis was made...
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