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Timing is critical: gene, environment and timing interactions in genetics of suicide in children and adolescents.
European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists - 1 Jun 2010
Zalsman G
Abstract excerpt
Suicidal behavior runs in families and is prevalent in adolescence. Case-control and family-based studies in this age group failed to find a genetic association that survived replications. Gene environment approach gave new hope for possible associations especially with the short allele of the serotonin transporter promoter polymorphism (5-HTTLPR). However, a recent meta-analysis raised doubts about the...
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