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Association analysis of serotonin and catecholamine system candidate genes in obsessive-compulsive disorder in the Chinese population.
Psychiatry research - 30 Jun 2011
Liu Wei, Zhao Na, Xiong Jidong, Shi Mei, Hu Jian
Abstract excerpt
Serotonin and catecholamine system studies provide increasing evidence for the importance of genetic factors in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD); we found that genetic linkage disequilibrium with OCD existed in the 5-HT2A-receptor promoter polymorphism -1438G/A. The results of our research strongly suggested that the -1438G/A promoter polymorphism plays a role in the psychopathology of OCD.
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