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A gender-specific association between the serotonin transporter gene and suicide attempts.
Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology - 1 May 2002
Baca-García Enrique, Vaquero Concepción, Diaz-Sastre Carmen, Saiz-Ruiz Jeronimo, Fernández-Piqueras José, de Leon Jose
Abstract excerpt
This pilot study tested the gender-specificity of the association between suicide attempts and a polymorphism in the promoter area of the serotonin transporter with two allelic variants, a long (1) variant and a short (s) variant. In a Spanish general hospital, 180 suicide attempters (121 women and 59 men) and 212 control blood donors (93 women and 119 men) were recruited. Subjects were classified as S...
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