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Suicidal behavior: relationship between phenotype and serotonergic genotype.
American journal of medical genetics. Part C, Seminars in medical genetics - 15 Feb 2005
Courtet Philippe, Jollant Fabrice, Castelnau Didier, Buresi Catherine, Malafosse Alain
Abstract excerpt
The basis of suicidal behavior (SB) is complex and multifactorial. Numerous risk factors have been identified. Epidemiological genetics studies (family studies, twin studies, adoption studies) suggest that there is a genetic basis to SB and that this genetic basis is specific and independent from the genetic factors implicated in predisposition to psychiatric disorders associated with SB (bipolar disorder,...
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