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Case-control and linkage disequilibrium studies of the tryptophan hydroxylase gene polymorphisms and major depressive disorder.
Psychiatric genetics - 1 Sept 2003
Tan Ene-choo, Chan Angelina O M, Tan Chay-Hoon, Mahendran Rathi, Wang Adrian, Chua Hong-Choon
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OBJECTIVES: Alterations in the level of the serotonin, serotonin uptake and the number of binding sites have been linked to affective illness. We investigated the association of tryptophan hydroxylase gene polymorphisms and unipolar depression in a case-control study design. METHODS: Patients and ethnically matched controls were genotyped for three polymorphisms of the tryptophan hydroxylase gene. RESULTS...
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