Catechol O-methyltransferase, serotonin transporter, and tryptophan hydroxylase gene polymorphisms in bipolar disorder patients with and without comorbid panic disorder

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 23-29

  Rotondo, Alessandro ^a   Mazzanti, Chiara ^b   Dell'Osso, Liliana ^b   Rucci, Paola ^b   Sullivan, Patrick ^b   Bouanani, Siham ^b   Gonnelli, Chiara ^b   Goldman, David ^b   Cassano, Giovanni B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE; CARRIER PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; SLC6A4 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHI SQUARE TEST; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DNA EXTRACTION; FISHER EXACT TEST; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PANIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ADULT; ALLELE; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; ITALY; MALE;

ADULT; ALLELES; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CARRIER PROTEINS; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PANIC DISORDER; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

EID: 0036364912     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.159.1.23     Document Type: Article

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