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Serotonin transporter length polymorphism, childhood maltreatment, and chronic depression: a specific gene-environment interaction.
Depression and anxiety - 1 Jan 2013
Brown George W, Ban Maria, Craig Thomas K J, Harris Tirril O, Herbert Joe, Uher Rudolf
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BACKGROUND: Key questions about the interaction between the serotonin transporter length polymorphism (5-HTTLPR) and stress in the etiology of depression remain unresolved. We test the hypotheses that the interaction is restricted to childhood maltreatment (as opposed to stressful events in adulthood), and leads to chronic depressive episodes (as opposed to any onset of depression), using gold-standard...
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