Relation of shyness in grade school children to the genotype for the long form of the serotonin transporter promoter region polymorphism

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 160, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 671-676

  Arbelle, Shoshana ^b   Benjamin, Jonathan ^b   Golin, Moshe ^b   Kremer, Ilana ^b   Belmaker, Robert H ^b   Ebstein, Richard P ^a  

^a HERZOG HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME A; CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; DOPAMINE 4 RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING); CARRIER PROTEIN; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; DRD4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; SLC6A4 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BASE PAIRING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SCREENING; EXAMINATION; EXON; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; OBSERVATION; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; ORAL BIOPSY; PARENT; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SAMPLE SIZE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEACHER; ADULT; AGE; ANXIETY DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF EVALUATION; TEACHING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MONOAMINE OXIDASE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PARENTS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); QUESTIONNAIRES; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D4; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SHYNESS; TEACHING;

EID: 0038135187     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.160.4.671     Document Type: Article

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