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Oxytocin receptor gene variation and differential susceptibility to family environment in predicting youth borderline symptoms.
Journal of personality disorders - 1 Apr 2015
Hammen Constance, Bower Julienne E, Cole Steven W
Abstract excerpt
Oxytocin appears to be centrally involved in socioemotional functioning, and is hypothesized to be relevant to the severe disruption in close relationships characteristic of borderline personality pathology. We examined whether a polymorphism of the oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR rs53576) interacts with quality of family functioning to predict borderline personality disorder (BPD) symptomatology in a sample of...
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