No evidence for allelic association between bipolar disorder and monoamine oxidase A gene polymorphisms.

doi:10.1002/ajmg.1320600412

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No evidence for allelic association between bipolar disorder and monoamine oxidase A gene polymorphisms.

American journal of medical genetics - 14 Aug 1995

Craddock N, Daniels J, Roberts E, Rees M, McGuffin P, Owen M J

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We have tested the hypothesis that DNA markers in the MAOA gene show allelic association with bipolar affective disorder. Eighty-four unrelated Caucasian patients with DSM III-R bipolar disorder and 84 Caucasian controls were typed for three markers in MAOA: a dinucleotide repeat in intron 2, a V...

Topics

Adult
Alleles
Bipolar Disorder
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Monoamine Oxidase
Polymorphism, Genetic

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