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DNA Repair Gene (XRCC1) Polymorphism (Arg399Gln) Associated with Schizophrenia in South Indian Population: A Genotypic and Molecular Dynamics Study.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2016
Sujitha S P, Kumar D Thirumal, Doss C George Priya, Aavula K, Ramesh R, Lakshmanan S, Gunasekaran S, Anilkumar G
Abstract excerpt
This paper depicts the first report from an Indian population on the association between the variant Arg399Gln of XRCC1 locus in the DNA repair system and schizophrenia, the debilitating disease that affects 1% of the world population. Genotypic analysis of a total of 523 subjects (260 patients and 263 controls) revealed an overwhelming presence of Gln399Gln in the case subjects against the controls (P < 0.0068),...
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