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[No effect of the BDNF Val66Met polymorphism on cognitive deficit in patients with schizophrenia and on the risk of the disease in their relatives].
Zhurnal nevrologii i psikhiatrii imeni S.S. Korsakova - 1 Jan 2015
Alfimova M V, Golimbet V E, Korovaitseva G I, Lezheiko T V, Gabaeva M V, Oleichik I V, Stolyarov S A
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OBJECTIVE: The brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) gene is thought to be a candidate gene for schizophrenia. At the same time, many studies failed to find the association between BDNF and the disease though the contribution of the BDNF Val66Met polymorphism to the variance of characteristics of schizophrenia has been confirmed. Authors suggested that this contribution was the consequence of the involvement...
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