A functional serotonin transporter (SLC6A4) polymorphism modifies the association of smoking and diabetes with asymptomatic carotid atherosclerosis

Birger Wolff; Hans J. Grabe; Henry Völzke; Jan Lüdemann; Christian Schwahn; Harald J. Freyberger; Ulrich John; Martina Lange; Ingolf Cascorbi; Stephan B. Felix

doi:10.1055/s-0037-1616164

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 2005; 93(01): 180-182
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1616164

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A functional serotonin transporter (SLC6A4) polymorphism modifies the association of smoking and diabetes with asymptomatic carotid atherosclerosis

Birger Wolff^*

¹Klinik für Innere Medizin B, Peter Holtz Research Center of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Universität Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany

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Hans J. Grabe^*

²Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Peter Holtz Research Center of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Universität Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany

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Henry Völzke

³Institut für Epidemiologie und Sozialmedizin, Peter Holtz Research Center of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Universität Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany

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Jan Lüdemann

³Institut für Epidemiologie und Sozialmedizin, Peter Holtz Research Center of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Universität Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany

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Christian Schwahn

⁴Klinik für Zahnheilkunde, Peter Holtz Research Center of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Universität Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany

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Harald J. Freyberger

²Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Peter Holtz Research Center of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Universität Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany

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Ulrich John

³Institut für Epidemiologie und Sozialmedizin, Peter Holtz Research Center of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Universität Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany

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Martina Lange

⁵Institut für Pharmakologie, Peter Holtz Research Center of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Universität Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany

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Ingolf Cascorbi

⁵Institut für Pharmakologie, Peter Holtz Research Center of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Universität Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany

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Stephan B. Felix

¹Klinik für Innere Medizin B, Peter Holtz Research Center of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Universität Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany

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