Genopathy
Gene-Disorder Association · Article
Gene
DRD4
Dopamine Receptor D4
Disorder
Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder
First reported 1996
Supporting publications 65
Key publication · gene–disorder The dopamine D4 receptor and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.Molecular psychiatry · 1996
Key publication · disorder Clinical experience with mephenesin ("tolserol"; myanesin) in treatment of hyperkinetic disorders, with special reference to postencephalitic paralysis agitans.Archives of neurology and psychiatry · 1950
Manually curated
Association Review

In brief

The association between DRD4 (Dopamine Receptor D4) and Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder is well established and manually curated, with its 3 contributing sources — 2 of them expert-curated — recording a known molecular basis, likely-pathogenic variants, and a susceptibility locus.

Sources 3
Clinical variants 16
Symptoms 13
Compounds 0
Trials 0
Publications 65
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At a glance

Association overview

A cited synthesis of the gene–disorder association, with a clinical-actionability summary where the evidence supports one.

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02
Provenance

Evidence and sources

3 sources

Every contributing database and publication behind this association, with evidence type, strength, accessions and deep links.

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03
DRD4

The gene

2 source summaries

A gene summary alongside the source descriptions it was distilled from.

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04
Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder

The disorder

12 database identifiers

The disorder’s summary, prevalence, aliases and cross-reference identifiers (OMIM, Orphanet, MONDO, ICD-10, MedGen).

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05
Phenotype

Clinical features

2 clinical features

The disorder’s clinical features (HPO) grouped by body system, each with observed frequency and penetrance.

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06
ClinVar and variant evidence

Genetic basis

16 clinical variants

ClinVar variants reported for this pair, with disorder-specific significance, review status, molecular consequence and origin.

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07
Mechanism overlap

Shared mechanisms

Biological pathways and phenotype concepts shared by the gene and the disorder, with supporting publications.

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Literature

Reading

65 publications

Publications linking the gene and the disorder, with title, authors, journal, year and citation metrics.

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09
Provenance

References & sources

15 references

Every source and publication cited across this dossier, as one numbered reference list.

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