No association between anxiety disorders and catechol-O-methyltransferase polymorphism.

doi:10.1016/s0165-1781(98)00062-6

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No association between anxiety disorders and catechol-O-methyltransferase polymorphism.

Psychiatry research - 17 Aug 1998

Ohara K, Nagai M, Suzuki Y, Ochiai M, Ohara K

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Several studies have shown that the morbidity risk for anxiety disorders is increased among the relatives of patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Recently, it was reported that a polymorphism of the catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) gene is significantly associated with OCD. The p...

Topics

Adult
Alleles
Anxiety Disorders
Catechol O-Methyltransferase
Female
Genotype
Humans
Male
Panic Disorder
Phobic Disorders
Polymorphism, Genetic

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