We examined the genetic effect of DRD2 A1 allele in 167 Korean schizophrenics in relation to their smoking habit. Although there was no apparent difference in the genotype distributions of DRD2 gene among the female schizophrenics (n = 66), the male counterpart (n = 101) showed significant differenc
Gender-specific molecular heterosis and association studies: Dopamine D2 receptor gene and smoking
β Scribed by Lee, Hong-Seock
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 63 KB
- Volume
- 118B
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0148-7299
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