Psychiatry Research
Volume 125, Issue 2 , Pages 87-93 , 15 February 2004

Alpha 2A adrenergic receptor gene and suicide

  • Adolfo Sequeira

      Affiliations

    • McGill Group for Suicide Studies, Douglas Hospital, McGill University, 6875 LaSalle Blvd., Verdun, QC, Canada H4H 1R3
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  • Firoza Mamdani

      Affiliations

    • McGill Group for Suicide Studies, Douglas Hospital, McGill University, 6875 LaSalle Blvd., Verdun, QC, Canada H4H 1R3
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  • Aleksandra Lalovic

      Affiliations

    • McGill Group for Suicide Studies, Douglas Hospital, McGill University, 6875 LaSalle Blvd., Verdun, QC, Canada H4H 1R3
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  • Milena Anguelova

      Affiliations

    • McGill Group for Suicide Studies, Douglas Hospital, McGill University, 6875 LaSalle Blvd., Verdun, QC, Canada H4H 1R3
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  • Alain Lesage

      Affiliations

    • Fernand Seguin Research Center, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
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  • Monique Seguin

      Affiliations

    • McGill Group for Suicide Studies, Douglas Hospital, McGill University, 6875 LaSalle Blvd., Verdun, QC, Canada H4H 1R3
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  • Nadia Chawky

      Affiliations

    • McGill Group for Suicide Studies, Douglas Hospital, McGill University, 6875 LaSalle Blvd., Verdun, QC, Canada H4H 1R3
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  • Alex Desautels

      Affiliations

    • McGill Group for Suicide Studies, Douglas Hospital, McGill University, 6875 LaSalle Blvd., Verdun, QC, Canada H4H 1R3
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  • Gustavo Turecki

      Affiliations

    • McGill Group for Suicide Studies, Douglas Hospital, McGill University, 6875 LaSalle Blvd., Verdun, QC, Canada H4H 1R3
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1-514-7616131x2369; fax: +1-514-7623011

Received 14 February 2003 ,Revised 5 December 2003 ,Accepted 15 December 2003.

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PII: S0165-1781(03)00299-3

doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2003.12.002

Psychiatry Research
Volume 125, Issue 2 , Pages 87-93 , 15 February 2004

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