Psychiatry Online, The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 1(18), p. 96-99
DOI: 10.1176/jnp.18.1.96
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The authors examined variations of serotonin transporter-linked promoter region (5-HTTLPR) functional polymorphism in 26 stroke patients with major depression and in 25 unrelated nondepressed stroke subjects of Caucasian descent. Findings indicate a significant association between 5-HTTLPR short variant genotype and poststroke major depression.