Serotonin transporter gene variants in alcohol-dependent subjects with dissocial personality disorder

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 908-912

  Sander, Thomas ^a   Harms, Helmut ^a   Dufeu, Peter ^a   Kuhn, Silke ^a   Hoehe, Margret ^b   Lesch, Klaus Peter ^c   Rommelspacher, Hans ^a   Schmidt, Lutz G ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol dependence; Association; Dissocial personality; Genetics; Serotonin transporter gene

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; ALLELE; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ALLELES; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 0032526625     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(97)00356-9     Document Type: Article

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