Dopamine receptor D2 Ser/Cys311 variant associated with disorganized symptomatology of schizophrenia.

doi:10.1016/s0920-9964(98)00093-0

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Dopamine receptor D2 Ser/Cys311 variant associated with disorganized symptomatology of schizophrenia.

Schizophrenia research - 30 Nov 1998

Serretti A, Macciardi F, Smeraldi E

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The dopamine D2 receptor gene has been proposed as a genetic risk factor for schizophrenia (Arinami et al., 1994). However, a number of replications failed to confirm the initial report. The finding of a stronger association considering schizophrenics with the absence of negative symptoms (Arinam...

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Adult
Female
Humans
Male
Phenotype
Receptors, Dopamine D2
Schizophrenia

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