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Tourette syndrome and the norepinephrine transporter gene: results of a systematic mutation screening.
American journal of medical genetics - 16 Apr 1999
Stöber G, Hebebrand J, Cichon S, Brüss M, Bönisch H, Lehmkuhl G, Poustka F, Schmidt M, Remschmidt H, Propping P, Nöthen M M
Abstract excerpt
Tourette syndrome (TS) is a complex inherited neuropsychiatric disorder characterized by multiple motor and phonic tics. Involvement of central norepinephrine mechanisms is suggested by central norepinephrinic hyperactivity in patients with TS and by the therapeutic effects of the presynaptic alpha2-adrenergic agonist clonidine. The norepinephrine transporter gene (NET) was systematically screened by...
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