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The type 2 diabetes mellitus susceptibility gene IGF2BP2 is associated with schizophrenia in a Han Chinese population.
The Journal of clinical psychiatry - 1 Apr 2013
Zhang Xuan, Hui Li, Liu Yang, Wang Zhen-Qi, You Yang, Miao Li-ning, Sun Shi-Long, Guan Song-Lei, Xiang Yutao, Kosten Thomas R, Zhang Xiang Yang
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BACKGROUND: Patients with schizophrenia have an increased prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus, and type 2 diabetes mellitus has shown an association with the rs4402960 gene polymorphism in the insulin-like growth factor II messenger RNA (mRNA)-binding protein 2 gene (IGF2BP2). We tested this polymorphism and mRNA expression levels of IGF2BP2 for an association in Han Chinese patients with schizophrenia...
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