Analysis of monoamine oxidase A (MAOA) promoter polymorphism in Finnish male alcoholics

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 113-119

  Saito, Takuya ^a   Lachman, Herbert M ^a   Diaz, Libna ^a   Hallikainen, Tero ^b   Kauhanen, Jussi ^c   Salonen, Jukka T ^c   Ryynänen, Olli Pekka ^c   Karvonen, Matti K ^d   Syvälahti, Erkka ^d   Pohjalainen, Tiina ^d   Hietala, Jarmo ^e   Tiihonen, Jari ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^e TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Antisocial behavior; Forensic psychiatry; Genetics; Substance abuse; Type 1 vs. type 2 alcoholism

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING);

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANEUPLOIDY; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FINLAND; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC RISK; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; X CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ALLELES; ANEUPLOIDY; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; FINLAND; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONOAMINE OXIDASE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0036211705     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1781(02)00013-6     Document Type: Article

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