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Sequence analysis of exon 8 of MAO-A gene in alcoholics with antisocial personality and normal controls.
Genomics - 1 Feb 1999
Parsian A
Abstract excerpt
Brunner et al. (1993, Science 262, 578-580) reported a family in which several males were affected by a syndrome of borderline mental retardation and abnormal behavior. Sequencing of exon 8 of the MAO-A gene revealed a mutation that results in a termination codon and was associated with the syndrome in the family. To determine the possible role of any mutation in exon 8 of the MAO-A gene in susceptibility to...
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