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Brain-derived neurotrophic factor variants are associated with childhood-onset mood disorder: confirmation in a Hungarian sample.
Molecular psychiatry - 1 Sept 2005
Strauss J, Barr C L, George C J, Devlin B, Vetró A, Kiss E, Baji I, King N, Shaikh S, Lanktree M, Kovacs M, Kennedy J L
Abstract excerpt
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is a nerve growth factor that has been implicated in the neurobiology of depression. Our group has previously reported an association between a BDNF variant and childhood-onset mood disorder (COMD) in an adult sample from Pittsburgh. We hypothesize that variants at the BDNF locus are associated with COMD. Six BDNF polymorphisms were genotyped in 258 trios having juvenile...
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