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Rare missense neuronal cadherin gene (CDH2) variants in specific obsessive-compulsive disorder and Tourette disorder phenotypes.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Aug 2013
Moya Pablo R, Dodman Nicholas H, Timpano Kiara R, Rubenstein Liza M, Rana Zaker, Fried Ruby L, Reichardt Louis F, Heiman Gary A, Tischfield Jay A, King Robert A, Galdzicka Marzena, Ginns Edward I, Wendland Jens R
Abstract excerpt
The recent finding that the neuronal cadherin gene CDH2 confers a highly significant risk for canine compulsive disorder led us to investigate whether missense variants within the human ortholog CDH2 are associated with altered susceptibility to obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), Tourette disorder (TD) and related disorders. Exon resequencing of CDH2 in 320 individuals identified four non-synonymous...
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