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Association of 14-3-3 epsilon gene haplotype with completed suicide in Japanese.
Journal of human genetics - 1 Jan 2005
Yanagi Masaya, Shirakawa Osamu, Kitamura Noboru, Okamura Kenji, Sakurai Kaoru, Nishiguchi Naoki, Hashimoto Takeshi, Nushida Hideyuki, Ueno Yasuhiro, Kanbe Daiji, Kawamura Meiko, Araki Kazuaki, Nawa Hiroyuki, Maeda Kiyoshi
Abstract excerpt
Genetic factors have been suggested to be involved in suicide. Although some genetic factors, such as serotonergic transduction, have been associated with suicide, the results are inconsistent. There is a possibility that various signaling anomalies are involved in the biological vulnerability to suicide. We carried out a genome-wide gene-expression study in the brains of suicide victims using DNA...
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