Serotonin transporter protein gene polymorphism and personality measures in African American and European American subjects

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 155, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1332-1338

  Gelernter, Joel ^a   Kranzler, Henry ^b   Coccaro, Emil F ^b   Siever, Larry J ^b   New, Antonia S ^b  

^a VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PERSONALITY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SEROTONIN RELEASE;

EID: 0031683071     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.155.10.1332     Document Type: Article

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