Obsessive compulsive disorder, response to serotonin reuptake inhibitors and the serotonin transporter gene

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 403-406

  Billett, E A ^a   Richter, M A ^a   King, N ^a   Heils, A ^b   Lesen, K P ^b   Kennedy, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Association study; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Polymerase chain reaction; Polymorphism; Serotonin reuptake inhibitors; Serotonin transporter

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SLC6A4 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER;

ADULT; CARRIER PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS;

EID: 0031228024     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4000257     Document Type: Article

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