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Tyrosine hydroxylase gene in linkage disequilibrium with mood disorders.
Molecular psychiatry - 1 Mar 1998
Serretti A, Macciardi F, Cusin C, Verga M, Pedrini S, Smeraldi E
Abstract excerpt
We studied tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) gene variants in mood disorders using linkage disequilibrium techniques. One hundred and forty-five inpatients affected by bipolar (n = 88) and unipolar (n = 57) disorders, and 84 healthy controls, were typed for TH variants using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification. TH was associated with mood disorder, with all affected subjects presenting an excess of TH*2 allele...
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