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Transmission disequilibrium studies in early onset of obsessive-compulsive disorder for polymorphisms in genes of the dopaminergic system.
Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) - 1 Jul 2008
Walitza Susanne, Scherag André, Renner Tobias J, Hinney Anke, Remschmidt Helmut, Herpertz-Dahlmann Beate, Schulz Eberhard, Schafer Helmut, Lange Klaus W, Wewetzer Christoph, Gerlach Manfred
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The dopaminergic system has been shown to be involved in the aetiology of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Family studies suggest a higher genetic loading in patients with early onset OCD. Our investigation is the first family-based association study concerning polymorphisms in genes of the d...
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