Psychiatry Research
Volume 134, Issue 1 , Pages 67-73 , 30 March 2005

Variability of the tryptophan hydroxylase gene: Study in victims of violent suicide

  • Jasminka Stefulj

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Neurochemistry and Molecular Neurobiology, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Bijenicka 54, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
    • ,
  • Milovan Kubat

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine and Criminology, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Salata 11, Croatia
    • ,
  • Melita Balija

      Affiliations

    • Croatian Institute for Transfusion Medicine, Petrova 3, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
    • ,
  • Josip Skavic

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine and Criminology, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Salata 11, Croatia
    • ,
  • Branimir Jernej

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Neurochemistry and Molecular Neurobiology, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Bijenicka 54, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +385 1 4561 150; fax: +385 1 4680 228.

Received 3 July 2003 ,Accepted 13 April 2004.

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PII: S0165-1781(05)00027-2

doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2004.04.011

Psychiatry Research
Volume 134, Issue 1 , Pages 67-73 , 30 March 2005

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