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Protective effect of the apo epsilon2 allele in major depressive disorder in Taiwanese.
Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica - 1 Jan 2006
Fan P-L, Chen C-D, Kao W-T, Shu B-C, Lung F-W
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Major depression is an important comorbidity in Alzheimer's disease, which is definitely associated with the apolipoprotein E (apo E) polymorphism. The aim of this study was to explore the role of the different apo E polymorphisms in major depressive disorder (MDD) in a Taiwanese population. METHOD: We examined apo E genotypes in 273 Taiwanese patients with MDD and 429 healthy community controls, and...
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