EXPRESSION OF OBESITY RELATED GENES AND LEPTIN SERUM LEVELS ARE DECREASED IN TURKISH SCHIZOPHRENIA PATIENTS CASE-CONTROL STUDY

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ASSOCIATION STUDY OF THE DIO2 GENE AS A SUSCEPTIBILITY CANDIDATE FOR SCHIZOPHRENIA IN THE TURKISH POPULATION; A CASE-CONTROL STUDY

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Association study of the DIO2 gene as a susceptibility candidate for schizophrenia in the Turkish population; A case-control study

İstanbul Bilim Üniversitesi, Sağlık Hizmetleri Meslek Yüksekokulu.Introduction: Schizophrenia (SCH) is one of the major and potentially severe mental illness that is characterized by both genetic and clinical heterogeneity. Thyroid hormone plays an important role in the development of the brain and nervous system both in the basic process of neurogenesis and of terminal brain differentiation. Type II deiodinase (DIO2) enzyme which has a critical role on thyroid hormone metabolism to convert pro-hormone thyroxine (T4) to the active hormone triiodothyronine (T3). Recently, DIO2 gene variations have been identified in association with mental disorders

Treatment guidelines for bipolar disorders of Psychiatric Association of Turkey

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