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Psychosis and relapse in bipolar disorder are related to GRM3, DAOA, and GRIN2B genotype.
African journal of psychiatry - 1 Sept 2010
Dalvie S, Horn N, Nossek C, van der Merwe L, Stein D J, Ramesar R
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Dysfunction in glutamate signalling is thought to play a role in the pathophysiology of bipolar disorder (BD). There is evidence of associations between single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in GRM3, GRIN2B, and DAOA genes and the diagnosis of BD. In this pilot study, we investigated the frequency of SNP variants in these 3 genes within South African population groups, and assessed interactions...
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