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Relationships between angry-impulsive personality traits and genetic polymorphisms of the dopamine transporter.
Biological psychiatry - 15 Oct 2009
Joyce Peter R, McHugh Patrick C, Light Katrina J, Rowe Sarah, Miller Allison L, Kennedy Martin A
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BACKGROUND: The 9-repeat variable number tandem repeat allele of the dopamine transporter has recently been associated with borderline personality disorder (BPD) in depressed patients. METHODS: We investigated the association between the 9-repeat allele of the dopamine transporter and angry-impulsive personality traits in a family study with 512 subjects on the molecular genetics of depression and personality....
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