No association of the tryptophan hydroxylase gene with bipolar affective disorder, unipolar affective disorder, or suicidal behaviour in major affective disorder

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 245-247

  Furlong, Robert A ^a,b   Ho, Luk ^c   Rubinsztein, Judy S ^c   Walsh, Cathy ^c   Paykel, Eugene S ^c   Rubinsztein, David C ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bipolar affective disorder; Suicide attempts; Tryptophan hydroxylase gene; Unipolar affective disorder

Indexed keywords

TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; INTRONS; MALE; MOOD DISORDERS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

EID: 0032496310     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19980508)81:3<245::AID-AJMG8>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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