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The Impact of COMT and Childhood Maltreatment on Suicidal Behaviour in Affective Disorders.
Scientific reports - 12 Jan 2018
Bernegger Alexandra, Kienesberger Klemens, Carlberg Laura, Swoboda Patrick, Ludwig Birgit, Koller Romina, Inaner Michelle, Zotter Melanie, Kapusta Nestor, Aigner Martin, Haslacher Helmuth, Kasper Siegfried, Schosser Alexandra
Abstract excerpt
The inconsistent findings on the association between COMT (catecholamine-O-methyl-transferase) and suicidal behaviour gave reason to choose a clear phenotype description of suicidal behaviour and take childhood maltreatment as environmental factor into account. The aim of this candidate-gene-association study was to eliminate heterogeneity within the sample by only recruiting affective disorder patients and find...
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