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No linkage or linkage disequilibrium between brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) dinucleotide repeat polymorphism and schizophrenia in Irish families.
Psychiatry research - 16 Nov 1998
Hawi Z, Straub R E, O'Neill A, Kendler K S, Walsh D, Gill M
Abstract excerpt
There is increasing evidence that a neurodevelopmental process is accountable for at least a proportion of schizophrenic cases. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), a member of a group of proteins that includes neurotrophin-3/4/5 and nerve growth factor (NGF), is an attractive candidate gene. We have performed a case control association study using the BDNF dinucleotide repeat polymorphism in a sample of...
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