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Apolipoprotein E genotype distribution in schizophrenia.
Psychiatric genetics - 1 Jan 1996
Zhu S, Nöthen M M, Uhlhaas S, Rietschel M, Körner J, Lanczik M, Fimmers R, Propping P
Abstract excerpt
We examined the hypothesis that apolipoprotein E (apoE) isoforms-besides their well-established role in the aetiology of early and late onset Alzheimer's disease (AD)-may be involved in the development of schizophrenia. We determined apoE genotypes in 98 schizophrenic patients and 98 sex and age matched controls. No significant difference in apoE allele frequencies were observed between schizophrenic patients,...
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