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Glucocorticoid receptor gene haplotype predicts increased risk of hospital admission for depressive disorders in the Helsinki birth cohort study.
Journal of psychiatric research - 1 Sept 2011
Lahti Jari, Räikkönen Katri, Bruce Sara, Heinonen Kati, Pesonen Anu-Katariina, Rautanen Anna, Wahlbeck Kristian, Kere Juha, Kajantie Eero, Eriksson Johan G
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BACKGROUND: Although glucocorticoid receptors (GR) are involved in mediating hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal-axis functioning, which is altered in acute depression, data on associations between GR gene (NR3C1) polymorphisms and depression are scarce. We examined if single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and their haplotypes spanning the entire NR3C1 are associated with depressive disorders and with self-reported...
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