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No association between D2 dopamine receptor (DRD2) "A" system alleles, or DRD2 haplotypes, and posttraumatic stress disorder.
Biological psychiatry - 1 Mar 1999
Gelernter J, Southwick S, Goodson S, Morgan A, Nagy L, Charney D S
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BACKGROUND: Association studies between marker alleles at the D2 dopamine receptor gene (DRD2) and various psychiatric illnesses have produced conflicting results. Reports of allelic associations were originally made with alcoholism, but were then extended to other psychiatric disorders, including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). METHODS: We studied allele frequency of the DRD2 TaqI "A," "B," and "D" system...
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