No association between the serotonin transporter gene regulatory region polymorphism and the Tridimensional Personality Questionnaire (TPQ) temperament of harm avoidance

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 224-226

  Ebstein, R P ^a   Gritsenko, I ^a   Nemanov, L ^a   Frisch, A ^b   Osher, Y ^c   Belmaker, R H ^c  

^a HERZOG HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Harm avoidance; Personality; Polymorphism; Promoter; Serotonin transporter; TPQ; Tridimensional personality questionnaire

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DNA FLANKING REGION; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 0030930506     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4000275     Document Type: Article

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