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Lack of association between suicide attempt and a polymorphism at the dopamine receptor D4 locus.
Psychiatric genetics - 1 Jun 1999
Persson M L, Geijer T, Wasserman D, Rockah R, Frisch A, Michaelovsky E, Jönsson E G, Apter A, Weizman A
Abstract excerpt
Dopaminergic neurotransmission has been implicated in suicidal behaviour. The 48 bp-repeat polymorphism in the gene coding for dopamine receptor D4 was investigated in a sample of suicide attempters (n = 165) and healthy control subjects (n = 99). No association between suicide attempts and this polymorphism was observed. Neither did any significant differences emerge in comparison with control subjects when the...
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