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Functional effects of a tandem duplication polymorphism in the 5'flanking region of the DRD4 gene.
Biological psychiatry - 1 Nov 2004
D'Souza Ursula M, Russ Carsten, Tahir Eda, Mill Jonathan, McGuffin Peter, Asherson Philip J, Craig Ian W
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BACKGROUND: Several polymorphisms have been identified in the 5'flanking region of the human dopamine D(4) receptor gene (DRD4), including a tandem duplication polymorphism. This comprises a 120-base-pair repeat sequence that is known to have different allele frequencies in various populations around the world. Furthermore, various studies have revealed evidence of linkage to attention-deficit/hyperactivity...
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