Single nucleotide polymorphisms and suicidal behaviour.

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Single nucleotide polymorphisms and suicidal behaviour.

Psychiatria Danubina - 1 Sept 2012

Pregelj Peter

Abstract excerpt

The World Health Organization estimates that almost one million deaths each year are attributable to suicide, and suicide attempt is close to 10 times more common than suicide completion. Suicidal behaviour has multiple causes that are broadly divided into proximal stressors or triggers and predisposition such as genetic. It is also known that single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) occur throughout a human DNA...

Topics

Catechol O-Methyltransferase
Genetic Association Studies
Humans
Monoamine Oxidase
Nerve Growth Factors
Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
Promoter Regions, Genetic
RNA, Messenger
Receptors, Serotonin
Serotonin Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins
Suicide
Suicide, Attempted
Tryptophan Hydroxylase

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