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Mitochondrial genetic variants identified to be associated with posttraumatic stress disorder.
Translational psychiatry - 10 Mar 2015
Flaquer A, Baumbach C, Ladwig K-H, Kriebel J, Waldenberger M, Grallert H, Baumert J, Meitinger T, Kruse J, Peters A, Emeny R, Strauch K
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Despite the fact that mitochondrial dysfunctions are increasingly recognized as key components in stress-related mental disorders, very little is known about the association between posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and mitochondrial variants. To identify susceptibility mitochondrial genes for PTSD, we analyzed a total number of 978 mitochondrial single-nucleotide polymorphisms (mtSNPs) in a sample of 1238...
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