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Genetic dissection of psychopathological symptoms: insomnia in mood disorders and CLOCK gene polymorphism.
American journal of medical genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics : the official publication of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics - 15 Aug 2003
Serretti Alessandro, Benedetti Francesco, Mandelli Laura, Lorenzi Cristina, Pirovano Adele, Colombo Cristina, Smeraldi Enrico
Abstract excerpt
We investigated the possible effect of the 3111T/C CLOCK gene polymorphism on sleep disorders in a sample of 620 patients affected by major depressive disorder (MDD) and bipolar disorder (BP). We detected a significantly higher recurrence of initial (P = 0.0001), middle (P = 0.0009), and early (P = 0.0008) insomnia in homozygotes for the C variant and a similar trend concerning decreased need of sleep in BP (P =...
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