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The development of peripartum depressive symptoms is associated with gene polymorphisms of MAOA, 5-HTT and COMT.
Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry - 1 Oct 2009
Doornbos Bennard, Dijck-Brouwer D A Janneke, Kema Ido P, Tanke Marit A C, van Goor Saskia A, Muskiet Frits A J, Korf Jakob
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BACKGROUND: Polymorphisms of monoamine-related genes have been associated with depression following life events. The peripartum is a physiologically and psychologically challenging period, characterized by fluctuations in depressive symptoms, therefore facilitating prospective investigations in this gene x environment (G x E) interaction. METHODS: Eighty nine pregnant women filled in two Edinburgh Postpartum...
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