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Allelic differences in the serotonin transporter-linked polymorphic region in geriatric depression.
The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry - 1 Jan 2000
Steffens David C, Svenson Ingrid, Marchuk Douglas A, Levy Robert M, Hays Judith C, Flint Elizabeth P, Krishnan K Ranga Rama, Siegler Ilene C
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Previous studies have examined the role of genetic variations in the serotonin transporter-linked polymorphic region (5HTTLPR) in affective disorders. The authors studied 182 older depressed subjects and 107 elderly control subjects and obtained DNA for genotyping at the 5HTTLPR. There were no significant differences in allele frequencies generally or for number of short alleles for the group as a whole, but...
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