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COMPARISON OF THE POLYMORPHISMS OF ANDROGEN RECEPTOR GENE AND ESTROGEN α AND β GENE BETWEEN ADOLESCENT FEMALES WITH FIRST-ONSET MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER AND CONTROLS

YAO-GUO GENG Department of Psychiatry The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha Hunan, People's Republic of China
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QIAO-RONG SU Department of Psychiatry The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha Hunan, People's Republic of China
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LIN-YAN SU Department of Psychiatry The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha Hunan, People's Republic of China
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QING CHEN The Shaoxing People's Hospital, Shaoxing Zhejiang, People's Republic of China
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GUANG-YUAN REN The Shaoxing College of Arts and Sciences, Shaoxing Zhejiang, People's Republic of China
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SHAO-QING SHEN The Shaoxing People's Hospital, Shaoxing Zhejiang, People's Republic of China
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AI-YUE YU The Shaoxing College of Arts and Sciences, Shaoxing Zhejiang, People's Republic of China
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GUO-YUAN XIA The Shaoxing College of Arts and Sciences, Shaoxing Zhejiang, People's Republic of China
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Pages 539-547 | Received 02 Mar 2006, Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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