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Association study of Catechol-O-Methyltransferase (COMT) rs4680 Val158Met gene polymorphism and suicide attempt in Mexican adolescents with major depressive disorder.
Nordic journal of psychiatry - 1 Apr 2022
Sanabrais-Jiménez Marco Antonio, Aguilar-García Alejandro, Hernández-Muñoz Sandra, Sarmiento Emmanuel, Ulloa Rosa E, Jiménez-Anguiano Anabel, Camarena Beatriz
Abstract excerpt
AIM: We analyzed the association between SLC6A4, DRD2, COMT and MAOA genes and suicide attempt (SA) in Mexican adolescent patients with major depressive disorder (MDD). METHODS: The sample included 197 adolescents (127 females and 70 males) with principal diagnosis of MDD. Among them, 63 patients had SA at least once and 134 had not SA. The mean age of patients with and without SA was 15±1.4 and 14±1.5years,...
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