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Association of Anxiety Symptoms in Offspring of Bipolar Parents with Serotonin Transporter-Linked Polymorphic Region (5-HTTLPR) Genotype.
Journal of child and adolescent psychopharmacology - 1 Aug 2015
Park Min-Hyeon, Sanders Erica, Howe Meghan, Singh Manpreet, Hallmayer Joachim, Kim Eunjoo, Chang Kiki
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OBJECTIVE: Offspring of parents with bipolar disorder (BD) have been shown to be at high risk for BD. Anxiety symptoms, even at subclinical levels, have been associated with increased risk for BD in these youth. The s-allele of the serotonin transporter-linked polymorphic region (5-HTTLPR) has been implicated in the pathophysiology of both BD and anxiety disorders and has been associated with pharmacological...
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