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Sex-specific association between bipolar affective disorder in women and GPR50, an X-linked orphan G protein-coupled receptor.
Molecular psychiatry - 1 May 2005
Thomson P A, Wray N R, Thomson A M, Dunbar D R, Grassie M A, Condie A, Walker M T, Smith D J, Pulford D J, Muir W, Blackwood D H R, Porteous D J
Abstract excerpt
GPR50 is an orphan G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) located on Xq28, a region previously implicated in multiple genetic studies of bipolar affective disorder (BPAD). Allele frequencies of three polymorphisms in GPR50 were compared in case-control studies between subjects with BPAD (264), major depressive disorder (MDD) (226), or schizophrenia (SCZ) (263) and ethnically matched controls (562). Significant...
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