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Antidepressant response and the serotonin transporter gene-linked polymorphic region.
Biological psychiatry - 15 Sept 2010
Taylor Matthew J, Sen Srijan, Bhagwagar Zubin
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BACKGROUND: The serotonin transporter gene-linked polymorphic region (5-HTTLPR) has been proposed as a predictor of antidepressant response. Insertion or deletion of a 44-base pair-long region gives rise to short "S" and long "L" forms of the promoter region, the "S" form being associated with reduced serotonin transporter expression. METHODS: A systematic review and meta-analysis was performed to clarify the...
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