Serotonin transporter gene not associated with psychotic symptomatology of mood disorders

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 59-65

  Serretti, Alessandro ^a   Lattuada, Enrico ^a   Catalano, Marco ^a   Smeraldi, Enrico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Depressive disorder; Phenotype; Serotonin; Serotonin receptors

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; DELUSION; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISORIENTATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIA; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SEROTONIN;

EID: 0033583436     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1781(99)00021-9     Document Type: Article

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