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Association of FKBP5 gene haplotypes with completed suicide in the Japanese population.
Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry - 15 Jan 2011
Supriyanto Irwan, Sasada Toru, Fukutake Masaaki, Asano Migiwa, Ueno Yasuhiro, Nagasaki Yasushi, Shirakawa Osamu, Hishimoto Akitoyo
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BACKGROUND: The hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis is known to have a role in suicidal behaviors in patients with affective disorders. However, the incomplete overlapping of the genetic factors of suicidal behaviors and the genetic factors of affective disorders suggest that the genes associated with predisposition to suicidal behaviors and affective disorders are different. There is increasing evidence...
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