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September 07, 2004Gene Versions linked with Childhood SchizophreniaRead more... Schizophrenia Biology
Japanese Researchers announced this week that they've identified a link between the "Tryptophan hydroxylase" gene and childhood-onset schizophrenia ��� "We explored the relationship between the tryptophan hydroxylase gene Subjects were 51 Japanese patients who met DSM-IV criteria for schizophrenia before age 16 and 148 Japanese healthy controls," scientists in Japan report. There was a nearly doubling of the risk for childhood-onset schizophrenia associated with the AA genotype compared to other genotype groups. Sekizawa and colleagues published their study in American Journal of Medical CommentsPost a comment |
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