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Meta-analysis of the association between two polymorphisms in the serotonin transporter gene and affective disorders.
American journal of medical genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics : the official publication of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics - 5 Feb 2005
Lasky-Su Jessica A, Faraone Stephen V, Glatt Stephen J, Tsuang Ming T
Abstract excerpt
Family, twin, and adoption studies show that psychiatric diseases including bipolar disorder (BP) and unipolar disorder (UP) have a substantial genetic component. For these illnesses, both positive and negative associations have been reported for two polymorphisms located in the serotonin transporter gene (5-HTT) on chromosome 17: a 17-base-pair (bp) variable-number tandem-repeat (VNTR) in intron 2 and a 44-bp...
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