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Haptoglobin phenotypes and gene frequencies in unipolar major depression.
The American journal of psychiatry - 1 Jan 1994
Maes M, Delanghe J, Scharpé S, Meltzer H Y, Cosyns P, Suy E, Bosmans E
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Studies from the authors' laboratory have shown that major depression is accompanied by significantly increased plasma concentrations of positive acute-phase proteins such as haptoglobin. Haptoglobin is characterized by a molecular variation with three known phenotypes (Hp 1-1, Hp 2-1, and Hp 2-2). This study investigated haptoglobin plasma levels and phenotype and gene frequencies in unipolar major...
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