Mutation scanning of the androgen receptor gene in patients with psychiatric disorders reveals highly conserved variants in alcoholic and phobia patients.

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Sex steroids exert potent effects on mood and mental state in humans. They may contribute to the risk of psychiatric disorders. To investigate this hypothesis, coding and splice junction sequences of the androgen receptor gene were scanned in genomic DNA samples to search for variants affecting protein structure and expression (VAPSEs). Ninety-six schizophrenics, along with pilot samples of patients with bipolar...

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