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Schizophrenia and Nail Patella Syndrome: The Dopamine Connection.
The Israel Medical Association journal : IMAJ - 1 Aug 2018
Nashelsky Zolotov Limor, Reinstein Eyal
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Nail-patella syndrome (NPS) is characterized by changes in the nails, knees, and elbows, as well as the presence of iliac horns detected by X-ray of the pelvis. A higher occurrence of psychiatric disorders has also been suggested in NPS. Heterozygous mutations in the gene encoding the LIM-homeodomain transcription factor (LMX1B) are identified in most patients with typical clinical findings of NPS....
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