Association study of serotonin transporter gene regulatory region polymorphism and alcoholism

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 446-450

  Matsushita, Sachio ^a   Yoshino, Aihide ^b   Murayama, Masanobu ^c   Kimura, Mitsuru ^a   Muramatsu, Taro ^d   Higuchi, Susumu ^a  

^a KURIHAMA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c Akagi Kougen Hospital   (Japan)

^d KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Binge drinking; Clinical characteristics; Personality traits; Polymorphism; Regulatory region; Serotonin transporter gene

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ALCOHOLISM; ALLELES; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 0035827821     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.1405     Document Type: Article

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