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Study links attempted suicide with genetic evidence identified in previous suicide research
02-19-2007 · EurekAlert!A Johns Hopkins-led study has found evidence that a genetic tendency toward suicide has been linked to a particular area of the genome on chromosome 2 that has been implicated in two additional recent studies of attempted suicide.
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