Possible association between suicide committed under influence of ethanol and a variant in the AUTS2 gene.

rs6943555 in AUTS2 has been shown to modulate ethanol consumption. We hypothesized that rs6943555 might be associated with completed suicide.We genotyped rs6943555 in 625 completed suicides and 3861 controls using real-time TaqMan Allelic Discrimination Assay. All individuals were Polish Caucasians....

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Main Authors: Izabela Chojnicka, Krzysztof Gajos, Katarzyna Strawa, Grażyna Broda, Sylwia Fudalej, Marcin Fudalej, Piotr Stawiński, Aleksandra Pawlak, Paweł Krajewski, Marcin Wojnar, Rafał Płoski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3577719?pdf=render