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Early trauma and increased risk for physical aggression during adulthood: the moderating role of MAOA genotype.
PloS one - 30 May 2007
Frazzetto Giovanni, Di Lorenzo Giorgio, Carola Valeria, Proietti Luca, Sokolowska Ewa, Siracusano Alberto, Gross Cornelius, Troisi Alfonso
Abstract excerpt
Previous research has reported that a functional polymorphism in the monoamine oxidase A (MAOA) gene promoter can moderate the association between early life adversity and increased risk for violence and antisocial behavior. In this study of a combined population of psychiatric outpatients and healthy volunteers (N = 235), we tested the hypothesis that MAOA genotype moderates the association between early...
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