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Angiotensin-converting enzyme polymorphism and completed suicide: an association in Caucasians and evidence for a link with a method of self-injury.
Neuropsychobiology - 1 Jan 2009
Fudalej Sylwia, Fudalej Marcin, Kostrzewa Grazyna, Kuźniar Piotr, Franaszczyk Maria, Wojnar Marcin, Krajewski Paweł, Płoski Rafał
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BACKGROUND/AIMS: An association between the II genotype of the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) insertion (I)/deletion (D) polymorphism and suicide was found among Japanese men. Our purpose was to replicate this finding in Caucasians and explore other putative genotypic associations among suicides. METHODS: The ACE genotypes were studied by a 2-stage PCR method in 150 completed suicides and 165 age- and...
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