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Sex determines which section of the SLC6A4 gene is linked to obsessive-compulsive symptoms in normal Chinese college students.
Journal of psychiatric research - 1 Sept 2012
Lei Xuemei, Chen Chuansheng, He Qinghua, Chen Chunhui, Moyzis Robert K, Xue Gui, Chen Xiongying, Cao Zhongyu, Li Jin, Li He, Zhu Bi, Chun Hsu Anna Shan, Li Sufang, Li Jun, Dong Qi
Abstract excerpt
Previous case-control and family-based association studies have implicated the SLC6A4 gene in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Little research, however, has examined this gene's role in obsessive-compulsive symptoms (OCS) in community samples. The present study genotyped seven tag SNPs and two common functional tandem repeat polymorphisms (5-HTTLPR and STin2), which together cover the whole SLC6A4 gene, and...
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