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Mitochondrial inheritance in depression, dysmotility and migraine?
Journal of affective disorders - 1 Sept 2005
Burnett Brittany B, Gardner Ann, Boles Richard G
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BACKGROUND: Several studies have reported a high degree of association of the common conditions of depression, bowel dysmotility and migraine. Mitochondrial dysfunction and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequence variants have been linked individually to each of these three conditions, providing a plausible hypothesis for the reported association. If this hypothesis is correct, the matrilineal relatives (who all share...
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