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Lack of association of three GRIN2B polymorphisms with bipolar disorder.
The world journal of biological psychiatry : the official journal of the World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry - 1 Jan 2009
Szczepankiewicz Aleksandra, Skibinska Maria, Rybakowski Janusz, Leszczynska-Rodziewicz Anna, Tomaszewska Marta, Twarowska-Hauser Joanna
Abstract excerpt
We investigated three polymorphisms in the NMDA receptor 2B subunit gene (GRIN2B), involved in glutamatergic neurotransmission, as a candidate gene for bipolar disorder. In the study we included 419 patients with bipolar disorder. Consensus diagnosis by at least two psychiatrists was made, according to DSM-IV criteria, using SCID. The control group consisted of 487 healthy subjects. Genotypes for -200G/T, 366C/G...
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