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Functional promoter polymorphism of the human serotonin transporter: lack of association with panic disorder.
Psychiatric genetics - 1 Jan 1997
Deckert J, Catalano M, Heils A, Di Bella D, Friess F, Politi E, Franke P, Nöthen M M, Maier W, Bellodi L, Lesch K P
Abstract excerpt
To probe the hypothesis of a role for a functionally relevant 44 bp insertion/deletion of the serotonin transporter promoter in the aetiopathogenesis of panic disorder, we determined the allele frequency of the variant in two samples (combined n = 158) of panic disorder patients (DSMIII-R) and compared it with its allele frequency in two ethnically matched control samples (combined n = 169). The fact that no...
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