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Serotonin transporter polymorphism and borderline or antisocial traits among low-income young adults.
Psychiatric genetics - 1 Dec 2007
Lyons-Ruth Karlen, Holmes Bjarne M, Sasvari-Szekely Maria, Ronai Zsolt, Nemoda Zsofia, Pauls David
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OBJECTIVES: The short allele of the serotonin transporter linked polymorphic region, 5HTTLPR has been associated with anxiety, major depressive disorder and suicidality. The impulsive self- and other-damaging behaviors seen in borderline personality disorder and antisocial personality disorder also have substantial comorbidity with depression but are associated with more severe environmental stressors. This study...
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