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[Suicide attempt, psychopathology and genetics].
Psychiatria Hungarica : A Magyar Pszichiatriai Tarsasag tudomanyos folyoirata - 1 Jan 2005
Fekete Sándor, Zill Peter, Bondy Brigitta
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BACKGROUND: There is compelling evidence that suicidal behaviour has a heritable component and is associated with disturbances in serotonergic mechanisms. Thus genes coding for proteins of the serotonergic pathways are leading candidates for investigating possible associations. METHOD: We studied three serotonergic gene polymorphisms (5-HTTLPR S/L, TPH A779C, 5-HT1B G861C) in a sample of 114 unrelated suicide...
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