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Association study of tryptophan hydroxylase 2 gene polymorphisms in bipolar disorder patients with panic disorder comorbidity.
Psychiatric genetics - 1 Apr 2011
Campos Simone Becho, Miranda Débora M, Souza Bruno R, Pereira Patricia A, Neves Fernando S, Tramontina Juliana, Kapczinski Flávio, Romano-Silva Marco Aurélio, Correa Humberto
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Frequent comorbidity between panic disorder (PD) and mood disorders has been widely reported in clinical and epidemiological studies and, recently, an increasing attention has been paid to the cooccurrence of PD and bipolar disorder (BD). Several studies have shown that an imbalance of serotonin activity could be related to panic symptoms. Tryptophan hydroxylase 2 (TPH2) are plausible candidates for the...
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