Article
A weak association between TH and DRD2 genes and bipolar affective disorder in a Spanish sample.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Feb 1995
Pérez de Castro I, Santos J, Torres P, Visedo G, Saiz-Ruiz J, Llinares C, Fernández-Piqueras J
Abstract excerpt
Genetic factors play an important role in the aetiology of bipolar affective disorder (BP). So far, results of linkage studies have been largely disappointing. We have searched for a possible association between polymorphic DNA markers of two candidate genes (tyrosine hydroxylase, TH; dopamine D2 receptor gene, DRD2) and BP in a population from central Spain. Our results are consistent with the existence of a...
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