Article
Distribution of the MscI polymorphism of the dopamine D3 receptor in an Italian psychotic population.
Psychiatric genetics - 1 Jan 1994
Di Bella D, Catalano M, Strukel A, Nobile M, Novelli E, Smeraldi E
Abstract excerpt
The finding of contrasting results regarding an association between schizophrenia and the MscI polymorphism site in the dopamine D3 receptor gene prompted us to study the distribution of this polymorphism in an Italian sample of 52 patients suffering from delusional disorder, 85 schizophrenic pat...
Topics
- Adult
- Alleles
- Base Sequence
- DNA
- Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific
- Electrophoresis
- Female
- Genotype
- Humans
- Italy
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
- Psychotic Disorders
- Receptors, Dopamine
- Receptors, Dopamine D2