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An association between the PPARα-L162V polymorphism and nicotine dependency among patients with schizophrenia.
Comprehensive psychiatry - 1 Oct 2016
Nadalin Sergej, Buretić-Tomljanović Alena, Rebić Jelena, Pleša Ivana, Šendula Jengić Vesna
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Patients with schizophrenia are more likely to be smokers than the general population, which makes them an interesting group with which to study the etiology of nicotine dependency. We studied the prevalence of a gene variant of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (PPARα) in schizophrenia, together with nicotine dependency, to investigate whether the PPARα-L162V polymorphism (rs1800206)...
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