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Sympathetic nervous function and the effect of the catechol-O-methyltransferase Val(158)Met polymorphism in patients with panic disorder.
Journal of affective disorders - 1 Jun 2010
Kang Eun-Ho, Song Yoon-Jae, Kim Kyung-Jeong, Shim Hyun-Bo, Park Joo-Eon, Yu Bum-Hee
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BACKGROUND: Sympathetic nervous function abnormalities have long been suggested to be a possible etiology of panic disorder (PD). Catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) affects sympathetic activities, and the COMT Val(158)Met polymorphism has been suggested to be related to PD. The authors examined...
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