The Relationship between Personality Traits, the 5HTT Polymorphisms, and the Occurrence of Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms in Elite Athletes

• Annamaria Petito ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Annamaria Petito, Mario Altamura, Salvatore Iuso, Flavia A. Padalino, Antonello Bellomo

  Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Psychiatry Unit, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy

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• Mario Altamura ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Annamaria Petito, Mario Altamura, Salvatore Iuso, Flavia A. Padalino, Antonello Bellomo

  * E-mail: m_altamura@virgilio.it

  Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Psychiatry Unit, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy

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• Salvatore Iuso ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Annamaria Petito, Mario Altamura, Salvatore Iuso, Flavia A. Padalino, Antonello Bellomo

  Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Psychiatry Unit, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy

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• Flavia A. Padalino ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Annamaria Petito, Mario Altamura, Salvatore Iuso, Flavia A. Padalino, Antonello Bellomo

  Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Psychiatry Unit, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy

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• Francesco Sessa ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Medical Genetics, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy

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• Giovanna D'Andrea ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Medical Genetics, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy

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• Maurizio Margaglione ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Medical Genetics, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy

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• Antonello Bellomo

  Contributed equally to this work with: Annamaria Petito, Mario Altamura, Salvatore Iuso, Flavia A. Padalino, Antonello Bellomo

  Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Psychiatry Unit, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy

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