Childhood‐onset schizophrenia and tryptophan hydroxylase gene polymorphism
Childhood‐onset schizophrenia and tryptophan hydroxylase gene polymorphism
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10.1002/ajmg.b.30009
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2004-07
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Takahiro Sekizawa;Y. Iwata;Kazuhiko Nakamura;H. Matsumoto;A. Suzuki;Katsuaki Suzuki;Y. Sekine;N. Takei;Y. Minabe;N. Mori
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Takahiro Sekizawa;Y. Iwata;Kazuhiko Nakamura;H. Matsumoto;A. Suzuki;Katsuaki Suzuki;Y. Sekine;N. Takei;Y. Minabe;N. Mori
We explored the relationship between the tryptophan hydroxylase gene polymorphism and susceptibility to childhood‐onset schizophrenia in a Japanese sample. Subjects were 51 Japanese patients who met DSM‐IV criteria for schizophrenia before age 16 and 148 Japanese healthy controls. DNA was extracted from whole blood and genotyping was performed by PCR‐RFLP using Nhe I. The frequency of the A allele was relatively higher in patients with childhood‐onset schizophrenia than in controls (odds ratio, OR = 1.47, 95% CI = 0.97–2.37, P = 0.097). There was a nearly doubling of the risk for childhood‐onset schizophrenia associated with the AA genotype compared to other genotype groups; OR = 1.97, 95% CI = 0.91–4.22, P = 0.058. © 2004 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.