Serotonin transporter gene polymorphisms: Ethnic difference and possible association with bipolar affective disorder

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 457-462

  Kunugi, H ^a   Hattori, M ^a   Kato, T ^b   Tatsumi, M ^c   Sakai, T ^c   Sasaki, T ^a   Hirose, T ^a   Nanko, S ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Affective disorder; Allelic association; Bipolar disorder; Ethnicity; Genetics; Serotonin transporter; Unipolar depression

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; CARRIER PROTEIN; SEROTONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; INTRON; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ETHNOLOGY; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN CELL;

EID: 0031423428     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4000334     Document Type: Article

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