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The role of serotonin receptor alleles and environmental stressors in the development of post-concussive symptoms after pediatric mild traumatic brain injury.
Developmental medicine and child neurology - 1 Jan 2014
Smyth Kim, Sandhu Sandeep S, Crawford Susan, Dewey Deborah, Parboosingh Jillian, Barlow Karen M
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AIM: To determine whether post-injury depressive symptoms, and pre-injury major life stressors and genetic factors (HTR1A C(-1019)G alleles; rs6295) are more common in children with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) who develop postconcussion syndrome (PCS) symptoms compared with children with asymptomatic mTBI. METHOD: This was a cross-sectional study of 47 symptomatic children (32 males, 15 females; mean age...
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