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In the era of humanitarian crisis, young women continue to die in childbirth in Mali by Coulibaly, Pierre, Schantz, Clémence, Traoré, Brehima, Bagayoko, Nanko S, Traoré, Abdoulaye, Chabrol, Fanny, Guindo, Oumar

“…Maternal mortality occurs mostly in contexts of poverty and health system collapse. Mali has a very high maternal mortality rate and this extremely high…”
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A novel polymorphism of the brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) gene associated with late-onset Alzheimer's disease by KUNUGI, H, UEKI, A, OTSUKA, M, ISSE, K, HIRASAWA, H, KATO, N, NABIKA, T, KOBAYASHI, S, NANKO, S

“…Several lines of evidence have suggested altered functions of the brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases…”
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Obstetric complications and schizophrenia: prenatal underdevelopment and subsequent neurodevelopmental impairment by Kunugi, H., Nanko, S., Murray, R. M.

“…Many studies have shown an association between obstetric complications and schizophrenia. To investigate the possible relationship between prenatal…”
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Serotonin transporter gene polymorphisms: ethnic difference and possible association with bipolar affective disorder by Kunugi, H, Hattori, M, Kato, T, Tatsumi, M, Sakai, T, Sasaki, T, Hirose, T, Nanko, S

“…There is some evidence suggesting that a polymorphism of variable number of tandem repeats (VNTR) in the second intron of the serotonin transporter (5-HTT)…”
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Gene expression and association analyses of LIM (PDLIM5) in bipolar disorder and schizophrenia by KATO, T, IWAYAMA, Y, YOSHIKAWA, T, KAKIUCHI, C, IWAMOTO, K, YAMADA, K, MINABE, Y, NAKAMURA, K, MORI, N, FUJII, K, NANKO, S

“…We previously reported that expression level of LIM (ENH, PDLIM5) was significantly and commonly increased in the brains of patients with bipolar disorder,…”
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A functional polymorphism in the promoter region of monoamine oxidase : A gene and mood disorders by KUNUGI, H, ISHIDA, S, KATO, T, TATSUMI, M, SAKAI, T, HATTORI, M, HIROSE, T, NANKO, S

“…A polymorphism of a variable number tandem repeat (VNTR), that was recently found in the promoter region of the monoamine oxidase-A (MAOA) gene, was shown to…”
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Cytogenetic findings in 250 schizophrenics: evidence confirming an excess of the X chromosome aneuploidies and pericentric inversion of chromosome 9 by Kunugi, H., Lee, K.B., Nanko, S.

“…Chromosomal abnormalities may be of help in identifying disease genes. To search for susceptibility loci for schizophrenia, we have performed chromosomal…”
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Association study of C825T polymorphism of the G-protein b3 subunit gene with schizophrenia and mood disorders by KUNUGI, H, KATO, T, FUKUDA, R, TATSUMI, M, SAKAI, T, NANKO, S

“…Alterations of G proteins have been implicated in major psychiatric illnesses. A C825T polymorphism of a gene encoding the beta3 subunit of heterotrimeric G…”
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Exon/intron boundaries, novel polymorphisms, and association analysis with schizophrenia of the human synaptic vesicle monoamine transporter (SVMT) gene by KUNUGI, H, ISHIDA, S, AKAHANE, A, NANKO, S

“…The synaptic vesicular monoamine transporter (SVMT), alternatively vesicular monoamine transporter 2 (VMAT2), pumps cytosolic monoamines including dopamine,…”
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Serotonin transporter gene polymorphism and affective disorder by Kunugi, H, Tatsumi, M, Sakai, T, Hattori, M, Nanko, S

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Association of Neurotrophin-3 Gene Variant with Severe Forms of Schizophrenia by Hattori, M., Nanko, S.

“…The recent possible neurodevelopmental etiology of schizophrenia makes neurotrophin-3 (NT-3) gene an interesting candidate locus for molecular study of…”
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Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) gene and schizophrenia: polymorphism screening and association analysis by Lee, Kyu-Bak, Kunugi, Hiroshi, Nanko, Shinichiro

“…The glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) is an important neurotrophic and potential differentiation factor for dopaminergic systems. Both the…”
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Reelin-related gene and schizophrenia by Nanko, S., Nakano, Y., Akahane, A.

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A study of chromosome 4p markers and dopamine D5 receptor gene in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder by ASHERSON, P, MANT, R, MUIR, W, BLACKWOOD, B, MCGUFFIN, P, OWEN, M. J, WILLIAMS, N, CARDNO, A, JONES, L, MURPHY, K, COLLIER, D. A, NANKO, S, CRADDOCK, N, MORRIS, S

“…There are several lines of evidence which suggest that chromosome 4p may contain a major susceptibility locus for the functional psychoses. We previously…”
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Evidence for linkage to psychosis and cerebral asymmetry (relative hand skill) on the X chromosome by Laval, S.H., Dann, J.C., Butler, R.J., Loftus, J., Rue, J., Leask, S.J., Bass, N., Comazzi, M., Vita, A., Nanko, S., Shaw, S., Peterson, P., Shields, G., Smith, A.B., Stewart, J., DeLisi, L.E., Crow, T.J.

“…The hypothesis that psychosis arises as a part of the genetic diversity associated with the evolution of language generates the prediction that illness will be…”
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Reproductive rates in schizophrenic outpatients by Nanko, S, Moridaira, J

“…We investigated the marriage rates, the reproductive rates and the marital reproductivity of schizophrenic outpatients in Japan. A total of 553 patients with…”
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Molecular genetics of schizophrenia by Nanko, S

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Intra-uterine physical growth in schizophrenia: evidence confirming excess of premature birth by Ichiki, M, Kunugi, H, Takei, N, Murray, R M, Baba, H, Arai, H, Oshima, I, Okagami, K, Sato, T, Hirose, T, Nanko, S

“…Many studies have suggested a possible aetiological role for obstetric complications in the development of schizophrenia. We focused on prenatal physical…”
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Dopamine D4 receptor polymorphism and schizophrenia by Nanko, S, Hattori, M, Ikeda, K, Sasaki, T, Kazamatsuri, H, Kuwata, S

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Catechol-O-methyltransferase polymorphisms and schizophrenia: a transmission disequilibrium study in multiply affected families by Kunugi, H, Vallada, H P, Sham, P C, Hoda, F, Arranz, M J, Li, T, Nanko, S, Murray, R M, McGuffin, P, Owen, M, Gill, M, Collier, D A

“…Catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) metabolizes catecholamines such as dopamines, noradrenaline and adrenaline. It exists as common high and low activity…”
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