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Association between serotonin transporter gene promoter polymorphism and suicide: results of a meta-analysis.
Biological psychiatry - 15 May 2004
Lin Pao-Yen, Tsai Guochuan
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BACKGROUND: There is strong evidence supporting a role for serotonin system dysfunction in the pathology of suicidal behavior. Many studies have examined the association between a functional polymorphism of the serotonin transporter gene promoter (5-HTTLPR) and suicide but have yielded inconsistent results. Our goal here, by analyzing the cumulative data from primary literature, was to determine conclusively...
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