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Lack of relationship between CO2 reactivity and serotonin transporter gene regulatory region polymorphism in panic disorder.
American journal of medical genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics : the official publication of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics - 15 Aug 2004
Perna Giampaolo, di Bella Daniela, Favaron Elisa, Cucchi Michele, Liperi Laura, Bellodi Laura
Abstract excerpt
Changes in the function of the serotonergic system influence both panic phobic symptoms and carbon dioxide (CO2) reactivity in patients with panic disorder. Schmidt et al. [2000: J Abnorm Psychol 109(2):308-320] recently reported a predictive role of the genetic variants of the 5-HTTLPR on the fearful response to CO2 in healthy controls. We tested the hypothesis that the heterogeneity of CO2 reactivity in...
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