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Role of serotonin transporter polymorphisms in the behavioural and psychological symptoms in probable Alzheimer disease patients.
Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders - 1 Jan 2007
Pritchard Antonia L, Pritchard Colin W, Bentham Peter, Lendon Corinne L
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BACKGROUND/AIMS: Alzheimer disease (AD) patients commonly suffer from behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD). A genetic component to BPSD development in AD has been demonstrated. This is an investigation of whether the linked polymorphic region and variable number tandem repeat variants of the serotonin transporter (SERT) are associated with BPSD. METHODS: The longitudinal measures of BPSD of...
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