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The combined effect of norepinephrine transporter gene and negative life events in major depression of Chinese Han population.
Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) - 1 Dec 2008
Sun Ning, Xu Yong, Wang Yanfang, Duan Huijun, Wang Shan, Ren Yan, Peng Juyi, Du Qiaorong, Shen Yan, Xu Qi, Zhang Kerang
Abstract excerpt
The aim of the present study was to detect the combined effect of negative life events and the norepinephrine transporter (NET) gene on the development of major depression (MD) in a Chinese population. We recruited 388 unrelated patients affected with MD and 388 healthy controls in this study. The score of 32 was used as a cut-off value for grouping the negative life events into the severe and moderate forms...
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