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Psychosocial state after bariatric surgery is associated with the serotonin-transporter promoter polymorphism.
Eating and weight disorders : EWD - 1 Sept 2013
Defrancesco Michaela, Liebaert Jessica, Kemmler Georg, Aigner Franz, Niederstätter Harald, Parson Walther, Kinzl Johann F
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Bariatric surgery is the method of choice in the treatment of morbid obesity. Different genotypes of the serotonin transporter gene (5-HTT) are known to impact the prevalence of psychiatric disorders and the psychosocial state in obese individuals. In this study, we examined the influence of the 5-HTTLPR polymorphism on physiologic and psychosocial measures in morbidly obese women after bariatric...
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