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Genetic risk-factors for anxiety in healthy individuals: polymorphisms in genes important for the HPA axis.
BMC medical genetics - 21 Sept 2020
Lindholm Heléne, Morrison India, Krettek Alexandra, Malm Dan, Novembre Giovanni, Handlin Linda
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BACKGROUND: Two important aspects for the development of anxiety disorders are genetic predisposition and alterations in the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis. In order to identify genetic risk-factors for anxiety, the aim of this exploratory study was to investigate possible relationships between genetic polymorphisms in genes important for the regulation and activity of the HPA axis and self-assessed...
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