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Serotonin transporter polymorphism in Croatian patients with major depressive disorder.
Psychiatria Danubina - 1 Jun 2006
Bozina Nada, Mihaljević-Peles Alma, Sagud Marina, Jakovljević Miro, Sertić Jadranka
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OBJECTIVES: Differences in serotonin transporter (SERT) expression and function produced by gene polymorphisms are associated with several behavioral and psychiatric traits. Two polymorphic regions of SERT gene: a 44-base-pair (bp) insertion / deletion polymorphism in the promoter region (SERTPR), and variable number of tandem repeats (VNTR) in second intron (SERT-in2) have been characterized. In this study we...
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