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No association between the tyrosine hydroxylase microsatellite marker HUMTH01 and schizophrenia or bipolar I disorder.
Psychiatric genetics - 1 Jan 1998
Burgert E, Crocq M A, Bausch E, Macher J P, Morris-Rosendahl D J
Abstract excerpt
Linkage and association studies have implicated the involvement of the tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) gene on chromosome 11p15 in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder (BPD). An association of BPD with a polymorphic tetranucleotide repeat, HUMTH01, located in the first intron of the human TH gene has been reported. Subsequently a rare allele, Ep ([TCAT]10) of this microsatellite marker has been found in French and...
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