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Smoking and BDNF Val66Met polymorphism in male schizophrenia: a case-control study.
Journal of psychiatric research - 1 Jan 2015
Zhang Xiang Yang, Chen Da-Chun, Tan Yun-Long, Luo Xingguang, Zuo Lingjun, Lv Meng-Han, Shah Nurun N, Zunta-Soares Giovana B, Soares Jair C
Abstract excerpt
Some recent studies show an association between a functional polymorphism of BDNF gene (Val66Met) and the susceptibility to nicotine dependence and we hypothesized that this polymorphism was associated with smoking in both schizophrenia patients and healthy controls. The BDNF Val66Met gene polymorphism was genotyped in 690 chronic male schizophrenia patients (smoker/nonsmoker = 522/169) and 628 male controls...
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