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Association between suicide attempts and 5-HTTLPR-S-allele in alcohol-dependent and control subjects: further evidence from a German alcohol-dependent inpatient sample.
Biological psychiatry - 15 Oct 2001
Preuss U W, Koller G, Soyka M, Bondy B
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BACKGROUND: Genetically-mediated alterations in serotonergic transmission have been implicated in both the pathogenesis of alcoholism and suicidal behavior. Thus, the identification of vulnerability genes could uncover pathophysiological links for both syndromes. A significant association between suicide attempts and the 5-HTT promoter polymorphisms (5-HTTLPR) S-allele has been reported in a sample of French...
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