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Sex-specific association of depression and a haplotype in leukotriene A4 hydrolase gene.
Psychosomatic medicine - 1 Sept 2009
Zhao Jinying, Quyyumi Arshed A, Patel Riyaz, Zafari A Maziar, Veledar Emir, Onufrak Stephen, Shallenberger Lucy H, Jones Linda, Vaccarino Viola
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OBJECTIVE: To assess whether genetic variants involved in inflammation play a role in the sex difference in depression. Depression is, in part, genetically determined and inflammation has been implicated. Women are twice as likely to develop depression as men. METHODS: We examined the association...
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