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Excess tryptophan hydroxylase 17 779C allele in surviving cotwins of monozygotic twin suicide victims.
Neuropsychobiology - 1 Jan 2001
Roy A, Rylander G, Forslund K, Asberg M, Mazzanti C M, Goldman D, Nielsen D A
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the relationship of the tryptophan hydroxylase (TPH) genotype to suicidality by the study of surviving monozygotic (MZ) cotwins of twins who committed suicide. METHOD: Twenty-four surviving Swedish MZ twins whose MZ cotwins had committed suicide were compared to 158 demographically sampled Swedish general population controls for TPH alleles. We also examined serotonin transporter alleles....
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