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The relationship of deiodinase 1 genotype and thyroid function to lifetime history of major depression in three independent populations.
American journal of medical genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics : the official publication of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics - 1 Jul 2011
Philibert Robert A, Beach Steven R H, Gunter Tracy D, Todorov Alexandre A, Brody Gene H, Vijayendran Meeshanthini, Elliott Lilly, Hollenbeck Nancy, Russell Daniel, Cutrona Carolyn
Abstract excerpt
Major depression (MD) is often associated with disturbances of the hypothalamic/pituitary/thyroid (HPT) axis. Unfortunately, whether this association is secondary to common underlying genetic variation or whether the MD-associated disturbances in HPT function are chronic or state-dependent is unknown. To examine these questions, we genotyped 12 single nucleotide polymorphisms identified in previous genome wide...
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