Alzheimer's disease and 5-HTTLPR polymorphism of the serotonin transporter gene: No evidence for an association

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 307-309

  Kunugi, Hiroshi ^a   Ueki, Akira ^b   Otsuka, Mieko ^b   Isse, Kunihiro ^c   Hirasawa, Hideto ^d   Kato, Norihiro ^a   Nabika, Toru ^e   Kobayashi, Shotai ^e   Nanko, Shinichiro ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Department of Dentistry Oral surgery   (Japan)

^d Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology   (Japan)

^e SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Association study; Late onset; Polymorphism; Serotonin transporter

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

AGED; ALLELE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ALLELES; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CARRIER PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 0034640695     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1096-8628(20000612)96:3<307::AID-AJMG14>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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