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Schizophrenia, chronic hospitalization and the 5-HT2C receptor gene.
Psychiatric genetics - 1 Jan 1997
Segman R H, Ebstein R P, Heresco-Levy U, Gorfine M, Avnon M, Gur E, Nemanov L, Lerer B
Abstract excerpt
Frequency of a polymorphism in the coding region of the 5-hydroxytryptamine2C (5-HT2C) receptor gene (HTR2C Xq24) was not significantly different in 122 unrelated Israeli schizophrenia patients compared with 180 control subjects matched for gender and ethnicity. However, proportion of time spent in hospital since the first admission was significantly greater in patients hemi- of homozygous for the 5-HT2Cser...
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