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No association of dopamine D2 receptor molecular variant Cys311 and schizophrenia in Chinese patients.
American journal of medical genetics - 26 Jul 1996
Chen C H, Chien S H, Hwu H G
Abstract excerpt
A serine-to-cysteine mutation of dopamine D2 receptor at codon 311 (Cys311) was found to have higher frequency in schizophrenic patients than in normal controls in Japanese by Arinami et al. [1994: Lancet 343: 703-704]. The Cys311 allele was found to be associated with patients with younger age-of-onset, positive family history, and more positive symptoms. To investigate the possible involvement of Cys311 in...
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