title: Genetics of panic disorder on the Faroe Islands: a replication study of chromosome 9 and panic disorder.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The population of the Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic Ocean is likely to have the same ancestry as the Icelandic population. An Icelandic study on Panic Disorder has found some evidence for a loci on chromosome 9.
  
  
  METHODS
  On the Faroe Islands we have an ongoing genetic project concerning panic disorder among other psychiatric disorders. We searched for shared alleles and haplotypes in distantly related cases from the isolated and recently found population of the Faroe Islands, using 26 more or less evenly distributed microsatellite markers on chromosome 9, with emphasis on the candidate region identified in the Icelandic study.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We have not been able to replicate the Icelandic results. Owing to the study design and sample size, we would not be able to detect areas with small impact.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, National Hospital, Torshavn, Faroe Islands. agwang@get2net.dk
authors.forename: August G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Hans Atli
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Dahl
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vang
authors.forename: Thomas Damm
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Als
authors.forename: Henrik
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ewald
authors.forename: Torben A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Kruse
authors.forename: Ole
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Mors
mesh_terms: D001266:Atlantic Islands; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002899:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 9; D004261:DNA Replication; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016584:Panic Disorder / Q000235:genetics*; D010375:Pedigree; D012307:Risk Factors