Article
Association study between BDNF gene variants and Mexican patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder.
European neuropsychopharmacology : the journal of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology - 1 Nov 2013
Márquez Lidia, Camarena Beatriz, Hernández Sandra, Lóyzaga Cristina, Vargas Luis, Nicolini Humberto
Abstract excerpt
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a psychiatric disorder whose etiology is not yet known. We investigate the role of three variants of the BDNF gene (rs6265, rs1519480 and rs7124442) by single SNP and haplotype analysis in OCD Mexican patients using a case-control and family-based association design. BDNF gene variants were genotyped in 283 control subjects, 232 OCD patients and first degree relatives of 111...
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