Diagnosis of depression by linkage of a polymorphic marker to a

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1995-06-07

1999-03-09

Elliott, George C.

Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology

Measuring or testing process involving enzymes or...

Involving nucleic acid

435 912, 435 5, 536 243, 536 2431, 536 2432, 536 2433, C12Q 168, C12P 1934, C07H 2102, C07H 2104

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ABSTRACT:
The invention maps a gene (dep) associated with depression to the p13 region of chromosome 19. The invention exploits this discovery to provide methods of diagnosing depression, methods of screening for the dep gene, and libraries of cloned segments including the dep gene.

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