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Psychosocial functioning and cognitive deficits are not associated with membrane-bound catechol-O-methyltransferase deoxyribonucleic acid methylation in siblings of patients with schizophrenia.
The Journal of nervous and mental disease - 1 Nov 2012
Chen Xiaogang, Liu Weiqing, Wang Lifeng, Tang Jinsong, Wang Xiuyan, Han Xue, Stone William S, Tan Liwen
Abstract excerpt
In this study, we investigated whether the siblings of patients with schizophrenia have deficits in cognition and psychosocial functioning and whether the psychosocial functioning and cognitive deficits correlate with the methylation status of the membrane-bound catechol-O-methyltransferase (MB-COMT) gene in peripheral leukocytes. Cognitive abilities were evaluated using the attention/vigilance Continuous...
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