No association between suicidal behavior and 5-HT2A-T102C polymorphism in alcohol dependents
β Scribed by Preuss, U.W. ;Koller, G. ;Bahlmann, M. ;Soyka, M. ;Bondy, B.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 51 KB
- Volume
- 96
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0148-7299
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