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Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and the gene for the dopamine D5 receptor.
Molecular psychiatry - 1 Sept 2000
Barr C L, Wigg K G, Feng Y, Zai G, Malone M, Roberts W, Schachar R, Tannock R, Kennedy J L
Abstract excerpt
A recent study has suggested a possible association of a polymorphism near the dopamine D5 receptor gene (DRD5) and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. The polymorphism studied was a (CA)n repeat located in the cosmid containing the D5 receptor gene2 and the allele that was reported to be associated with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) was the 148-bp allele. In this study we sought to...
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