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The research was supported by the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education. The authors would like to thank J. Pracka for her excellent technical assistance.
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Krzyżanowska, M., Steiner, J. & Gos, T. AgNOR parameters of dorsal raphe nucleus neurons as a potential diagnostic tool which could aid the differentiation between suicidal and non-suicidal death. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 271, 587–589 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00406-020-01126-x
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