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Serotonin 2a receptor T102C polymorphism and impaired impulse control.
American journal of medical genetics - 8 Apr 2002
Bjork James M, Moeller F Gerard, Dougherty Donald M, Swann Alan C, Machado Mirta A, Hanis Craig L
Abstract excerpt
Patients homozygous for the C allele of the T102C serotonin (5-HT) 2a receptor polymorphism have shown increased suicidal ideation or behavior in some reports, but not in others. We conducted a pilot investigation to determine whether this polymorphism might relate more specifically to a dimension of impaired impulse control, which may underlie only a portion of suicides. Rates of commission (impulsive) errors in...
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