Tyrosine hydroxylase allelic distribution in suicide attempters

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 73-80

  Persson, Maj Liz ^a,b   Wasserman, Danuta ^a   Geijer, Thomas ^a   Jönsson, Erik G ^a   Terenius, Lars ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Suicide attempters; TH K1 allele; TH K3 allele; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ADULT; ALLELE; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; INTRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADULT; ALLELES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; INTRONS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 0030771782     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1781(97)00068-1     Document Type: Article

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