Association of the serotonin transporter gene with sudden infant death syndrome: A haplotype analysis

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 122 A, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 238-245

  Weese Mayer, Debra E ^a,d   Zhou, Lili ^a   Berry Kravis, Elizabeth M ^a   Maher, Brion S ^b   Silvestri, Jean M ^a   Marazita, Mary L ^b,c  

^a RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d RUSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

5 HTT; hSERT; Intron 2; Serotonin transporter; Sudden infant death syndrome

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INTRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER GENE; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; TANDEM REPEAT;

INSERTION SEQUENCES;

EID: 0141857859     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.20427     Document Type: Article

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