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Associations of Homer Scaffolding Protein 1 gene and psychological correlates with suicide attempts in Chinese: A pilot study of multifactorial risk model.
Gene - 30 Dec 2018
Rao Shitao, Siu Cynthia O, Shi Mai, Zhang Jihui, Lam Marco Ho Bun, Yu Mandy, Wing Yun Kwok, Waye Mary Miu Yee
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Suicide is a fatal outcome for subjects with mental ill-health. Genetic factors and psychological correlates are believed to contribute to the risk of suicide attempts (SA), whereas both factors are reported to exert a small effect. This study therefore tried to investigate if combination of the two aspects can enhance the explanation of variance in SA. METHODS: A common variant rs7713917 in HOMER1...
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