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Acute and posttraumatic stress symptoms in a prospective gene x environment study of a university campus shooting.
Archives of general psychiatry - 1 Jan 2012
Mercer Kristina B, Orcutt Holly K, Quinn Jeffrey F, Fitzgerald Caitlin A, Conneely Karen N, Barfield Richard T, Gillespie Charles F, Ressler Kerry J
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CONTEXT: The serotonin transporter (SLC6A4) has been associated with several stress-related syndromes including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The ability to detect meaningful associations is largely dependent on reliable measures of preexisting trauma. OBJECTIVE: To study the association of genetic variants within SLC6A4 with acute and posttraumatic stress symptoms in a civilian cohort with known levels...
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