Article
A chromosome 14 risk locus for simple phobia: results from a genomewide linkage scan.
Molecular psychiatry - 1 Jan 2003
Gelernter J, Page G P, Bonvicini K, Woods S W, Pauls D L, Kruger S
Abstract excerpt
We conducted a 10 centimorgan (cM) linkage genome scan in a set of American extended pedigrees ascertained through probands with panic disorder. Several anxiety disorders segregate in these families. In this article, we describe results for simple phobia from 14 of these families (including 129 subjects of whom 57 are affected). A total of 422 markers were genotyped. Multipoint lod score analyses (fully...
Topics
- Anxiety
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 14
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genome, Human
- Humans
- Lod Score
- Male
- Phobic Disorders
- Risk Factors
- Software
