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PTSD and dopaminergic genes, DRD2 and DAT, in multigenerational families exposed to the Spitak earthquake.
Psychiatry research - 15 Aug 2010
Bailey Julia N, Goenjian Armen K, Noble Ernest P, Walling David P, Ritchie Terry, Goenjian Haig A
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The objective of this study was to assess the generality of the association of DRD2 and DAT genes and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) diagnosis/symptom severity. Two hundred ethnic Armenians from 12 multigenerational families exposed to the catastrophic 1988 Spitak earthquake were studied. Common polymorphisms A1/A2 alleles of the DRD2 and '9' repeat allele of DAT gene were genotyped. Heritability,...
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