Serotonin transporter genetic polymorphisms and harm avoidance in the Chinese

Psychiatric Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 165-168

  Tsai, Shih Jen ^a   Hong, Chen Jee ^a   Cheng, Chih Ya ^a  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Association study; Genetics; Harm avoidance; Polymorphism; Serotonin transporter

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHINESE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; TANDEM REPEAT;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHINA; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 0036755958     PISSN: 09558829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00041444-200209000-00008     Document Type: Article

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