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Possible association of the short allele of the serotonin transporter promoter gene polymorphism (5-HTTLPR) with violent suicide.
Molecular psychiatry - 1 Mar 2000
Bondy B, Erfurth A, de Jonge S, Krüger M, Meyer H
Abstract excerpt
There is abundant evidence that the serotonin (5-HT) system is modulating mood and several behavioural traits and that disturbances in the regulation of this system can be associated with severe behavioural malfunctions, as aggressive implusive and suicidal behaviour.1 Recently a functional polymorphism in the promoter region of the serotonin transporter gene (5-HTTLPR) was identified2 and the presence of one or...
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