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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
Abstract excerpt
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 purpose of this study was to determine the association, if any, between the COMT polymorphism and anxiety disorders. We...
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