Bipolar disorder and the serotonin transporter gene: A family-based association study

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1249-1254

  Kirov, George ^a   Rees, M ^a   Jones, I ^a   MacCandless, F ^a   Owen, M J ^a   Craddock, N ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; INTRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PROMOTER REGION; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CARRIER PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INTRONS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEROTONIN;

EID: 0032872472     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003329179900882X     Document Type: Article

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