RFLP alleles at the tyrosine hydroxylase locus: no association found to affective disorders.

doi:10.1016/0165-1781(90)90032-z

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RFLP alleles at the tyrosine hydroxylase locus: no association found to affective disorders.

Psychiatry research - 1 Jun 1990

Körner J, Fritze J, Propping P

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Affective disorders are usually referred to as being inherited multifactorially. The contribution of a gene locus in illnesses displaying multifactorial inheritance may be assessed by searching for associations of alleles to the illness. The tyrosine hydroxylase gene encodes the rate-limiting enz...

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Adolescent
Adult
Alleles
Bipolar Disorder
DNA Probes
Depressive Disorder
Female
Gene Frequency
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase

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