Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 44, Issue 2 , Pages 88-101 , March 2003

Associations of the serotonin transporter promoter polymorphism with aggressivity, attention deficit, and conduct disorder in an adoptee population

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☆ Supported by grants from NARSAD and the Nellie Ball Foundation (R.P.); and by NIDA Grant No. DA05821 (D.L., R.J.C., K.C.).

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Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 44, Issue 2 , Pages 88-101 , March 2003

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