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VEGF-related polymorphisms identified by GWAS and risk for major depression.
Translational psychiatry - 7 Mar 2017
Xie T, Stathopoulou M G, de Andrés F, Siest G, Murray H, Martin M, Cobaleda J, Delgado A, Lamont J, Peñas-LIedó E, LLerena A, Visvikis-Siest S
Abstract excerpt
Depression is a common, severe, disabling mental disease that affects millions of people of all ages worldwide. Various studies have shown that neurotrophic/growth factors have a key role in depression and, more specifically, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is implicated in the pathogenesis of depression. The purpose of this study was to investigate the potential links between four VEGF-related...
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