Variation at the DAOA/G30 Locus Influences Susceptibility to Major Mood Episodes but Not Psychosis in Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder
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Variation at the DAOA/G30 locus influences susceptibility to major mood episodes but not psychosis in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
CONTEXT Variation at the DAOA/G30 locus has been described to be associated with both schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, but there is little consistency between studies of the tested polymorphisms or variants showing association. OBJECTIVES To obtain a stringent replication of association in large samples of both disorders using consistent clinical and laboratory methods, and to test the hyp...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of General Psychiatry
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0003-990X
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.63.4.366