Frequency of long allele in serotonin transporter gene is increased in depressed suicide victims

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 196-201

  Du, Lisheng ^a   Faludi, Gábor ^b   Palkovits, Miklós ^b   Demeter, Elizabeth ^b   Bakish, David ^a   Lapierre, Yvon D ^a   Sótonyi, Peter ^b   Hrdina, Pavel D ^a  

^a Royal's Institute of Mental Health Research   (Canada)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Association; Candidate genes (serotonin transporter and serotonin(2A) receptor); Depressed suicide; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 2A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SUICIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELES; BINDING SITES; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL COUNT; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DNA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SEROTONIN; SUICIDE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0033032824     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(98)00376-X     Document Type: Article

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