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Association of AGTR1 with 18-month treatment outcome in late-life depression.
The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry - 1 Jul 2007
Kondo Douglas G, Speer Marcy C, Krishnan K Ranga, McQuoid Douglas R, Slifer Susan H, Pieper Carl F, Billups Ashley V, Steffens David C
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OBJECTIVE: Converging lines of evidence implicate vascular factors in late-life depression, and argue that late-life depression is a distinct entity among the mood disorders. The A1166C polymorphism in the angiotensin II receptor, vascular type 1 (AGTR1) gene has been associated with a range of vascular diseases. This study investigated the association of AGTR1 genotype on 18-month treatment outcome in late-life...
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