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Serotonin transporter gene polymorphism in Chinese patients with poststroke depression: a case-control study.
Stroke - 1 May 2011
Fang Jing, Yan Weihong, Jiang Guo-Xin, Li Wei, Cheng Qi
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: We sought to compare the distribution of the serotonin transporter gene SLC6A4 polymorphism between depressed and nondepressed poststroke patients. METHODS: Patients with cerebral stroke admitted to hospital during a 1-year period were enrolled in a 1:1 case-control study. All cases and controls were genotyped for polymorphism of the serotonin transporter-linked promoter region and the...
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