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No linkage of the cytochrome P-450IIE1 (CYP2E1) C1/C2 polymorphism to schizophrenia.
Human & experimental toxicology - 1 Apr 1997
Iwahashi K, Nakamura K, Furukawa A, Okuyama E, Miyatake R, Ichikawa Y, Suwaki H
Abstract excerpt
We investigated, using PCR-SSCP analysis, the relationship between schizophrenia and the polymorphism of d-benzphetamine N-demethylase (cytochrome P-450j or CYP2E1), which metabolizes psychotropic substances such as d-benzphetamine and alcohols. Among 41 patients with schizophrenia, no statistically significant change in the frequency of the mutant (C2) allele relative to in controls was found, and no novel...
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