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Development of depression: sex and the interaction between environment and a promoter polymorphism of the serotonin transporter gene.
The international journal of neuropsychopharmacology - 1 Aug 2006
Sjöberg Rickard L, Nilsson Kent W, Nordquist Niklas, Ohrvik John, Leppert Jerzy, Lindström Leif, Oreland Lars
Abstract excerpt
Previous research has demonstrated that a polymorphism in the serotonin transporter gene (5-HTTLPR) and adverse psychosocial circumstances interact to predict depression. The purpose of the present study was to explore the extent to which sex modulates these effects. Eighty-one boys and 119 girls (16-19 years old) were interviewed about psychosocial background variables and genotyped for the 5-HTT promoter...
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