PANIC DISORDER - GENETIC CONSIDERATIONS

被引:15
作者
CROWE, RR
机构
[1] Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA
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10.1016/0022-3956(90)90044-Q
中图分类号
R749 [精神病学];
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100205 ;
摘要
Panic disorder is a common illness that can have serious consequences, including increased long-term mortality. Family and twin studies suggest that it is a genetic disorder and transmission patterns within families are compatible with a hypothesis of a disease gene predisposing to the condition. Recently, it has become possible to locate disease genes causing familial disorders through linkage analysis. A preliminary linkage analysis of panic disorder at the University of Iowa found suggestive but inconclusive evidence of linkage to the alpha-haptoglobin locus on chromosome 16q22. Future strategies for identifying disease genes in anxiety disorders are described. © 1990.
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页码:129 / 134
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