Analysis and meta-analysis of two serotonin transporter gene polymorphisms in bipolar and unipolar affective disorders

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 58-63

  Furlong, Robert A ^a,b   Ho, Luk ^c   Walsh, Cathy ^c   Rubinsztein, Judy S ^c   Jain, Sanjeev ^c   Paykel, Eugene S ^c   Easton, Douglas F ^b   Rubinsztein, David C ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bipolar affective disorder; Serotonin transporter polymorphisms; Unipolar affective disorder

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INTRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ADULT; ALLELES; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CARRIER PROTEINS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 0032492164     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19980207)81:1<58::AID-AJMG11>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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