Genetic association between monoamine oxidase A microsatellite and RFLP alleles and bipolar affective disorder: analysis and meta-analysis.

doi:10.1093/hmg/5.6.779

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Genetic association between monoamine oxidase A microsatellite and RFLP alleles and bipolar affective disorder: analysis and meta-analysis.

Human molecular genetics - 1 Jun 1996

Rubinsztein D C, Leggo J, Goodburn S, Walsh C, Jain S, Paykel E S

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The monoamine oxidase A locus (MAOA) at Xp11 was considered a good candidate to investigate in bipolar affective disorder since this enzyme plays an important role in the degradation of various neurotransmitters and a mutation in this gene has been associated with borderline mental retardation an...

Topics

Alleles
Bipolar Disorder
Female
Gene Frequency
Humans
Male
Meta-Analysis as Topic
Microsatellite Repeats
Monoamine Oxidase
Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length

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