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Therapygenetics: 5-HTTLPR genotype predicts the response to exposure therapy for agoraphobia.
European neuropsychopharmacology : the journal of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology - 1 Aug 2014
Knuts Inge, Esquivel Gabriel, Kenis Gunter, Overbeek Thea, Leibold Nicole, Goossens Lies, Schruers Koen
Abstract excerpt
This study was intended to assess the extent to which the low-expression allele of the serotonin transporter gene promoter predicts better response to exposure-based behavior therapy in patients with panic disorder with agoraphobia (PDA). Ninety-nine patients with PDA underwent a 1-week in vivo exposure-based behavior therapy program and provided saliva samples to extract genomic DNA and classify individuals...
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