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Tryptophan-hydroxylase 2 haplotype association with borderline personality disorder and aggression in a sample of patients with personality disorders and healthy controls.
Journal of psychiatric research - 1 Nov 2010
Perez-Rodriguez M Mercedes, Weinstein Shauna, New Antonia S, Bevilacqua Laura, Yuan Qiaoping, Zhou Zhifeng, Hodgkinson Colin, Goodman Marianne, Koenigsberg Harold W, Goldman David, Siever Larry J
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BACKGROUND: There is a decreased serotonergic function in impulsive aggression and borderline personality disorder (BPD), and genetic association studies suggest a role of serotonergic genes in impulsive aggression and BPD. Only one study has analyzed the association between the tryptophan-hydrox...
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