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Meta-analysis of COMT val158met in panic disorder: ethnic heterogeneity and gender specificity.
American journal of medical genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics : the official publication of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics - 5 Jul 2007
Domschke Katharina, Deckert Juergen, O'donovan Michael C, Glatt Stephen J
Abstract excerpt
There is strong evidence for a genetic contribution to the pathogenesis of panic disorder, with the functional catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) val158met polymorphism having been suggested as a potential susceptibility factor. In the present study, a meta-analysis of six available case-control studies (557 patients with panic disorder and 763 healthy controls in total) on the role of the COMT val158met...
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