Article
Association of the serotonin transporter gene with smoking behavior.
The American journal of psychiatry - 1 May 2005
Kremer Ilana, Bachner-Melman Rachel, Reshef Alon, Broude Leonid, Nemanov Lubov, Gritsenko Inga, Heresco-Levy Uriel, Elizur Yoel, Ebstein Richard P
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: In an ongoing molecular genetic study of temperament, participants were genotyped to examine the association of smoking with two polymorphisms of the serotonin transporter gene (SERT): the promoter region, 5-HTTLPR, and an intronic variable-number-of-tandem-repeats region (VNTR). METHOD: Full information was available for 330 families, and 244 "ever smokers" were identified (54 past smokers, 190...
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