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Interaction between tryptophan hydroxylase I polymorphisms and childhood abuse is associated with increased risk for borderline personality disorder in adulthood.
Psychiatric genetics - 1 Feb 2012
Wilson Scott T, Stanley Barbara, Brent David A, Oquendo Maria A, Huang Yung-yu, Haghighi Fatemeh, Hodgkinson Colin A, Mann J John
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INTRODUCTION: Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a severe disorder with high morbidity and mortality, but unknown etiology. Childhood abuse has been proposed as an etiological factor, but the mechanism by which an abuse history could influence the risk for BPD has not been determined. The aim of this study was to determine whether the tryptophan hydroxylase 1 (TPH1) gene is related to BPD in a clinical...
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