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A Genetic Study of Plasma Dopamine Beta Hydroxylase Activity in Man

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

J. Mendlewicz ,
M. Levitt  and
J. L. Fleiss
J. Mendlewicz*
Affiliation:
New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, N.Y., USA
M. Levitt
Affiliation:
New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, N.Y., USA
J. L. Fleiss
Affiliation:
New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, N.Y., USA
*
Institut de Psychiatrie, 4 Place van Gehuchten, Brussels, 1020, Belgium

Abstract

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Plasma dopamine beta hydroxylase (DBH) activity was determined in MZ twins and in siblings of both sexes. The enzyme activities were found to be virtually identical in MZ twins. DBH activity was less similar in same-sex sibs, but still significantly correlated. These results indicate that plasma DBH activity is genetically determined.

Type
Research Article
Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 24 , Issue 1-2 , January 1975 , pp. 105 - 110
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1975

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