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Polymorphisms of androgen receptor gene in childhood and adolescent males with first-onset major depressive disorder and association with related symptomatology.
The International journal of neuroscience - 1 Jul 2007
Su Qiao-Rong, Su Lin-Yan, Su Hong-Ri, Chen Qing, Ren Guang-Yuan, Yin You, Shen Shao-Qing, Yu Ai-Yue, Xia Guo-Yuan
Abstract excerpt
This study was designed to explore the association between CAG repeats in AR gene and major depressive disorder (MDD) in male children and adolescents. The results showed that there were differences between adolescent depressive patients and adolescent controls in CAG repeats' length and alleles' distributions, and the severity of depression and anxiety was negatively correlated with the length of CAG repeats in...
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