Association of a MAOA gene variant with generalized anxiety disorder, but not with panic disorder or major depression

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 117 B, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-6

  Tadic, A ^a   Rujescu, D ^b,c   Szegedi, A ^a   Giegling, I ^b   Singer, P ^a   Moller H J ^b   Dahmen, N ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Affective disorders; Anxiety disorders; Gene; MAO; Monoamine; Polymorphism; SNP

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME A;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE LOCUS; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MAOA GENE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0042824083     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.10013     Document Type: Article

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