Serotonin transporter gene (5-HTT) polymorphisms and compulsive buying.

doi:10.1002/(sici)1096-8628(19990416)88:2<123::aid-ajmg5>3.0.co;2-s

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Serotonin transporter gene (5-HTT) polymorphisms and compulsive buying.

American journal of medical genetics - 16 Apr 1999

Devor E J, Magee H J, Dill-Devor R M, Gabel J, Black D W

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We examined a panel of 21 patients diagnosed with compulsive buying for two DNA sequence polymorphisms found in the gene that encodes the serotonin transport (5-HTT). One polymorphism, found in the promoter region of the 5-HTT gene, involves a 44-base pair (bp) deletion, and the other, found in the second intron, is due to variable numbers of a repeat sequence. We also typed a panel of 38 psychiatrically normal...

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