Article
Lack of association between obsessive-compulsive disorder and the dopamine D3 receptor gene: some preliminary considerations.
American journal of medical genetics - 15 Sept 1994
Catalano M, Sciuto G, Di Bella D, Novelli E, Nobile M, Bellodi L
Abstract excerpt
Controversial results possibly suggesting an association between Tourette's Syndrome (TS) and excess of homozygosity at a Msc I polymorphism in the Dopamine D3 receptor (DRD3) gene have recently been reported. Since a relationship between Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Tourette's Syndrome (TS) has been suggested, in this study we assessed the frequency of this 2-allele polymorphism in a sample of 97 OCD...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Alleles
- Base Sequence
- DNA
- Female
- Genotype
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Molecular Sequence Data