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RGS2 and generalized anxiety disorder in an epidemiologic sample of hurricane-exposed adults.
Depression and anxiety - 1 Jan 2009
Koenen Karestan C, Amstadter Ananda B, Ruggiero Kenneth J, Acierno Ron, Galea Sandro, Kilpatrick Dean G, Gelernter Joel
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BACKGROUND: Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is a common and sometimes disabling condition often associated with stressful life events that involve significant loss or danger. The disorder appears moderately heritable. Polymorphisms in the RGS2 (regulator of G-protein signaling 2) gene were recently associated with anxious behavior in mice and panic disorder and trait anxiety in humans. We examined whether...
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