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5-HTTLPR and anxiety-related personality traits meta-analysis revisited: response to Munafo and colleagues

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Sen, S., Burmeister, M. & Ghosh, D. 5-HTTLPR and anxiety-related personality traits meta-analysis revisited: response to Munafo and colleagues. Mol Psychiatry 10, 893–895 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.mp.4001705

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