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Neurotrophin-3 gene polymorphisms and schizophrenia: no evidence for linkage or association.
Psychiatric genetics - 1 Jan 1996
Gill M, Hawi Z, O'Neill F A, Walsh D, Straub R E, Kendler K S
Abstract excerpt
It has been suggested on the basis of neuropathological and epidemiological evidence that schizophrenia is, at least in part, a neurodevelopmental illness. Some patients show abnormalities in cell position in the medial temporal lobes of their brains. Neurotrophin-3 is one of many proteins essential for the proper growth and development of the nervous system. Therefore the finding of a polymorphism near the...
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