Psychiatry Research
Volume 169, Issue 2 , Pages 164-166 , 30 September 2009

No association between lithium full responders and the DRD1, DRD2, DRD3, DAT1, 5-HTTLPR and HTR2A genes in a Sardinian sample

Received 11 March 2008 ,Revised 18 November 2008 ,Accepted 17 December 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2008.12.004

Psychiatry Research
Volume 169, Issue 2 , Pages 164-166 , 30 September 2009