Case-control and linkage disequilibrium studies of the tryptophan hydroxylase gene polymorphisms and major depressive disorder

Psychiatric Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 151-154

  Tan, Ene Choo ^a   Chan, Angelina O M ^c   Tan, Chay Hoon ^b   Mahendran, Rathi ^c   Wang, Adrian ^c   Chua, Hong Choon ^c  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c Clinical Research Centre #04 07 ^*

Author keywords

Chinese; Linkage disequilibrium; Polymorphism; Serotonin transporter; Unipolar depression

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHINESE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; INTRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MUTATION, MISSENSE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REFERENCE VALUES; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

EID: 0042333273     PISSN: 09558829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00041444-200309000-00003     Document Type: Article

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