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Association of the BDNF C270T polymorphism with schizophrenia: updated meta-analysis.
Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences - 1 Feb 2013
Watanabe Yuichiro, Nunokawa Ayako, Someya Toshiyuki
Abstract excerpt
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) has been suggested to play a role in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. The C270T polymorphism (rs56164415) in the BDNF 5'-non-coding region has been extensively investigated for an association with schizophrenia, but with conflicting results. An updated meta-analysis was therefore performed of 13 case-control association studies (3505 patients and 3992 controls). An...
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