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[The role of genotype-environment interactions in the development of symptoms of anxiety and depression related to the disease burden for family].
Zhurnal nevrologii i psikhiatrii imeni S.S. Korsakova - 1 Jan 2009
Alfimova M V, Golimbet V E, Barkhatova A N, Golubev S A, Korovaĭtseva G I
Abstract excerpt
The association of 5-HTTLPR and Val66Met BDNF genotypes with symptoms of anxiety and depression related to stress caused by severe chronic psychiatric disease of a family member has been studied. Genotyping has been conducted in the group of 214 unaffected parents of patients with schizophrenia and 100 healthy age-matched controls. The diplotype Met*ss was associated with higher scores of depressive symptoms as...
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