A rare short allele of the serotonin transporter promoter region (5-HTTLPR) found in an aggressive schizophrenic patient of Jewish Libyan origin

Psychiatric Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 179-183

  Frisch, A ^a   Finkel, B ^a   Michaelovsky, E ^a   Sigal, M ^a   Laor, N ^a   Weizman, R ^a  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aggression; Association; Polymorphism; Psychiatric disorders; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

DNA; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; JEW; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUICIDE;

EID: 0034457001     PISSN: 09558829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00041444-200010040-00005     Document Type: Article

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