Association of short alleles of a VNTR of the serotonin transporter gene with anxiety symptoms in patients presenting after deliberate self harm

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 36, Issue 4-5, 1997, Pages 439-443

  Evans, J ^a   Battersby, S ^b   Ogilvie, A D ^b   Smith, C A D ^c   Harmar, A J ^b   Nutt, D J ^a   Goodwin, G M ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL EDINBURGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d WARNEFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Deliberate self harm; Polymorphism; Serotonin transporter gene

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ALLELE; AMINE TRANSPORT; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

AGGRESSION; ALLELES; ANXIETY; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 0030904608     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3908(97)00027-0     Document Type: Article

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