Lack of association between polymorphic variations in the alpha 3 subunit GABA receptor gene (GABRA3) and suicide attempts.

doi:10.1016/j.pnpbp.2003.11.004

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Lack of association between polymorphic variations in the alpha 3 subunit GABA receptor gene (GABRA3) and suicide attempts.

Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry - 1 Mar 2004

Baca-Garcia Enrique, Vaquero Concepción, Diaz-Sastre Carmen, Jimenez-Treviño Luis, Saiz-Ruiz Jeronimo, Fernández-Piqueras José, de Leon Jose

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This is the first case-control study exploring the association between suicide attempts and the polymorphic variations of the alpha 3 subunit gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) receptor gene (GABRA3) located in chromosome X. In a Spanish general hospital, 184 suicide attempters (127 women and 57 men) and 275 control blood donors (109 women and 166 men) were recruited. The four frequent variants (A1, A2, A3 and A4) of...

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