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Monoamine oxidase A gene polymorphism predicts adolescent outcome of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
American journal of medical genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics : the official publication of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics - 5 Jun 2007
Li Jun, Kang Chuanyuan, Zhang Haobo, Wang Yufeng, Zhou Rulun, Wang Bing, Guan Lili, Yang Li, Faraone Stephen V
Abstract excerpt
ADHD is generally deemed to be a highly heritable disorder with mean heritability of 0.75. The enzyme monoamine oxidase (MAO), which has both A and B types, has long been considered a candidate pathological substrate for ADHD, and more recently, the genes for both MAO enzymes have been examined a...
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