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Screening schizophrenic patients for mutations in the amyloid precursor protein gene.
Psychiatric genetics - 1 Jan 1994
Morris S, Leung J, Sharp C, Blackwood D, Muir W, St Clair D
Abstract excerpt
A limited number of rare missense mutations in exons 16 and 17 of the amyloid precursor protein (APP) gene have been reported. They are associated with a variety of phenotypes including cerebral haemorrhage, multi-infarct dementia and Alzheimer's disease. We recently reported an alanine to valine mutation in codon 713 in a single case of chronic familial schizophrenia with cognitive deficits. Using denaturing...
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