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This work was supported by Grant CH-91-16 from the Cheng-Hsin Rehabilitation and Medical Center, and Grant VGH-90-238 from the Taipei Veterans General Hospital.
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Tsai, SJ., Hong, CJ., Hou, SJ. et al. Lack of association of catechol-O-methyltransferase gene Val108/158Met polymorphism with schizophrenia: a family-based association study in a Chinese population. Mol Psychiatry 11, 2–3 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.mp.4001736
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