Haptoglobin phenotypes and gene frequencies in unipolar major depression.

doi:10.1176/ajp.151.1.112

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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

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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,...

Topics

Adult
Blood Donors
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 16
Depressive Disorder
Female
Gene Frequency
Genetic Variation
Haptoglobins
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Phenotype

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