Non-linear association between the serotonin transporter promoter polymorphism and neuroticism: A caution against using extreme samples to identify quantitative trait loci

Psychiatric Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 35-38

  Sirota, L A ^a   Greenberg, B D ^b   Murphy, D L ^b   Hamer, Dean H ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT;

EID: 0032720612     PISSN: 09558829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00041444-199903000-00006     Document Type: Article

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