Serotonin transporter (5-HTT) gene and bipolar affective disorder

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 37-40

  Esterling, Lisa E ^a,b   Yoshikawa, Takeo ^b   Turner, Gordon ^b   Badner, Judy A ^b   Bengel, Dietmar ^b   Gershon, Elliot S ^b   Berrettini, Wade H ^c   Detera Wadleigh, Sevilla D ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromosome 17q; GC rich PCR; Linkage; Linkage disequilibrium; Radiation hybrid

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; GUANINE; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 17Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SIBLING; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ALLELES; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHROMOSOME BANDING; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 17; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 0032492221     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19980207)81:1<37::AID-AJMG7>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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