Article
Replication of a genome-wide association study of panic disorder in a Japanese population.
Journal of human genetics - 1 Feb 2010
Otowa Takeshi, Tanii Hisashi, Sugaya Nagisa, Yoshida Eiji, Inoue Ken, Yasuda Shin, Shimada Takafumi, Kawamura Yoshiya, Tochigi Mamoru, Minato Takanobu, Umekage Tadashi, Miyagawa Taku, Nishida Nao, Tokunaga Katsushi, Okazaki Yuji, Kaiya Hisanobu, Sasaki Tsukasa
Abstract excerpt
Panic disorder (PD) is an anxiety disorder characterized by recurrent and unexpected panic attacks, subsequent worry and phobic avoidance. Although a number of association and linkage studies have been conducted, no gene has been identified as a susceptibility locus. We previously conducted a genome-wide association analysis of PD in 200 Japanese patients and the same number of controls, using a 500 K single...
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