Structure of a variable number tandem repeat of the serotonin transporter gene and association with affective disorder

Psychiatric Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 177-181

  Battersby, S ^a   Ogilvie, A D ^a   Smith, C A D ^b   Blackwood, D H R ^a   Muir, W J ^a   Quinn, J P ^c   Fink, G ^d   Goodwin, G M ^a   Harmar, A J ^a  

^a ROYAL EDINBURGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Affective disorder; Bipolar disorder; Major depression; Polymorphism; Serotonin transporter gene; SSRI

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN;

AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER GENE; TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 0030426047     PISSN: 09558829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00041444-199624000-00001     Document Type: Article

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