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A search for association between schizophrenia and dopamine-related alleles.
European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience - 1 Jan 1996
Jönsson E, Brené S, Geijer T, Terenius L, Tylec A, Persson M L, Sedvall G
Abstract excerpt
Dopamine receptor dysfunction and altered tyrosine hydroxylase activity have both been implicated in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. Schizophrenic patients and control subjects were examined for allele frequencies in the tyrosine hydroxylase and dopamine D2 and D4 receptor genes. No significant differences of allele or genotype frequencies were found between the two groups after adjustment for multiple...
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