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Do obsessive-compulsive disorder and Tourette syndrome share a common susceptibility gene? An association study of the BDNF Val66Met polymorphism in the Chinese Han population.
The world journal of biological psychiatry : the official journal of the World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry - 1 Jan 2015
Liu Shiguo, Cui Jiajia, Niu Zhaoyuan, Yi Mingji, Zhang Xinhua, Che Fengyuan, Ma Xu
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OBJECTIVES: We explored the association between the BDNF Val66Met polymorphism and susceptibility to both obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and Tourette syndrome (TS) in the Chinese Han population. METHODS: Genotyping for the BDNF Val66Met polymorphism was performed in 321 OCD patients and 426 healthy control subjects and case-control association study data were analysed. Additionally, we evaluated the genetic...
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