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Family-based association test of the 5HTTLPR and aggressive behavior in a general population sample of children.
Biological psychiatry - 1 May 2006
Haberstick Brett C, Smolen Andrew, Hewitt John K
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BACKGROUND: A promoter polymorphism in the serotonin transporter (5HTTLPR) has functional effects on an important physiologic process involved in serotonin (5HT) signaling. Despite the fact that variation in the 5HT system has long been implicated in the etiology of aggressive behaviors, only a few association-based studies with mixed results have been reported. METHODS: We conducted family-based tests of...
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