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Association analysis of serotonin receptor 1B (HTR1B) and brain-derived neurotrophic factor gene polymorphisms in Borderline personality disorder.
Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) - 1 Sept 2009
Tadić André, Elsässer Amelie, Victor Anja, von Cube Robert, Başkaya Omür, Wagner Stefanie, Lieb Klaus, Höppner Wolfgang, Dahmen Norbert
Abstract excerpt
The purpose of this study was to test for association between Borderline personality disorder (BPD) and variants of the HTR1B and the brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) gene. We genotyped four HTR1B and the functional BDNF G196A marker in 161 Caucasian BPD patients and 156 healthy controls. There were no significant differences between groups in genotype or haplotype distribution of HTR1B markers or in...
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