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alpha1-acid glycoprotein in late-life depression: relationship to medical burden and genetics.
Journal of geriatric psychiatry and neurology - 1 Dec 2003
Adeoye Opeolu M, Ferrell Robert E, Kirshner Margaret A, Mulsant Benoit H, Seligman Karen, Begley Amy E, Reynolds Charles F, Pollock Bruce G
Abstract excerpt
Serum alphal-acid glycoprotein (AAG) concentrations were examined in relationship to age, medical burden, depression, and mental status in elderly control (n = 19, mean age = 72.1 +/- 6.8 years) and depressed (n = 58, mean age = 71.9 +/- 7.1 years) subjects. DNA was analyzed for allelic variants of the AGP1 (ORM1) gene in both groups. Depressed subjects' AAG serum levels were measured at baseline and after 6...
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