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A cis-phase interaction study of genetic variants within the MAOA gene in major depressive disorder.
Biological psychiatry - 1 Nov 2010
Zhang JieXu, Chen YanBo, Zhang KeRang, Yang Hong, Sun Yan, Fang Yue, Shen Yan, Xu Qi
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BACKGROUND: The genetic basis of major depressive disorder (MDD) has been explored extensively, but the mode of transmission of the disease has yet to be established. To better understand the mechanism by which the monoamine oxidase A (MAOA) gene may play a role in developing MDD, the present work examined the cis-phase interaction between genetic variants within the MAOA gene for the pathogenesis of MDD....
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