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The serotonin transporter genotype modulates the relationship between early stress and adult suicidality in bipolar disorder.
Bipolar disorders - 1 Dec 2014
Benedetti Francesco, Riccaboni Roberta, Poletti Sara, Radaelli Daniele, Locatelli Clara, Lorenzi Cristina, Pirovano Adele, Smeraldi Enrico, Colombo Cristina
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Bipolar disorder (BD) is associated with a higher risk of suicide and with worse early life stress. A serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine; 5-HT) transporter-linked polymorphic region (5-HTTLPR) has been shown to influence the relationship between stress and the risk of attempting suicide in the general population, but has not been investigated in BD. METHODS: We studied 136 inpatients (93 females, 43 males)...
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