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Association between low activity serotonin transporter promoter genotype and early onset alcoholism with habitual impulsive violent behavior.
Molecular psychiatry - 1 Jul 1999
Hallikainen T, Saito T, Lachman H M, Volavka J, Pohjalainen T, Ryynänen O P, Kauhanen J, Syvälahti E, Hietala J, Tiihonen J
Abstract excerpt
A common 44-base pair insertion/deletion polymorphism in the promoter region of the human serotonin transporter (5-HTT) gene has been observed to be associated with affective illness and anxiety-related traits. This biallelic functional polymorphism, designated long (L) and short (S), affects 5-HTT gene expression since the S promoter is less active than the L promoter. Since there is strong evidence of a...
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