Article
Association study of schizophrenia with dopamine D3 receptor gene polymorphisms: probable effects of family history of schizophrenia?
American journal of medical genetics - 15 Dec 1993
Nimgaonkar V L, Zhang X R, Caldwell J G, Ganguli R, Chakravarti A
Abstract excerpt
Using a case-control design, a reported association of schizophrenia with homozygosity at the dopamine D3 receptor gene locus was investigated in a group of patients (n = 53), with schizophrenia (DSM-III-R), and psychiatrically normal controls (n = 61), matched for ethnicity and area of residence...
Topics
- Adult
- Alleles
- Base Sequence
- Case-Control Studies
- Exons
- Female
- Genotype
- Homozygote
- Humans
- Male
- Medical History Taking
- Middle Aged
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Probability
- Receptors, Dopamine
- Receptors, Dopamine D2
- Receptors, Dopamine D3