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Association study of the dopamine transporter gene with personality traits and major depressive disorder in the Han Chinese population.
Pharmacogenetics and genomics - 1 Feb 2011
Huang Chang-Chih, Lu Ru-Band, Shih Mei-Chen, Yen Che-Hung, Huang San-Yuan
Abstract excerpt
Major depression is a complex psychiatric disorder involving multiple factors, including genetic and personality components. This study used 17 polymorphisms of dopamine transporter gene (DAT1) to explore whether this gene is associated with major depression and whether it influences personality traits in patients with major depression. The DAT1 polymorphisms were analyzed in 1017 unrelated individuals and 459...
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