Articles by author - Aleksandra Szczepankiewicz

Glucocorticoid receptor polymorphism is associated with lithium response in bipolar patients.

Szczepankiewicz A, Rybakowski J, Suwalska A, Hauser J.

Journal Article 2011; 32(4): 545-551 PubMed PMID: 21876507  Keywords:  Adult, Aged, Antimanic Agents:therapeutic use, Bipolar Disorder:drug therapy, Drug Resistance:genetics, Female, Gene Frequency, Genotype, Humans, Linkage Disequilibrium, Lithium Carbonate:therapeutic use, Male, Middle Aged, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide.    Citation

OBJECTIVES: Glucocorticoid receptor has been considered in the pathogenesis of bipolar disorder as it is an important regulator of the cir.....

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Brain derived neurotrophic factor gene Val66Met and -270C/T polymorphisms and personality traits predisposing to anorexia nervosa.

Rybakowski F, Dmitrzak-Weglarz M, Szczepankiewicz A, Skibinska M, Slopien A, Rajewski A, Hauser J.

Comparative Study 2007; 28(2): 153-158 PubMed PMID: 17435670  Keywords:  Adolescent, Adult, Anorexia Nervosa:genetics, Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor:genetics, Case-Control Studies, Child, Disease Susceptibility, Female, Genotype, Humans, Personality:genetics, Phenotype, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Risk,.    Citation

OBJECTIVES: Polymorphisms in BDNF gene has been proposed, as susceptibility loci for stress-related psychiatric disorders. Several lines o.....

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