Personality Traits in Young Female Apolipoprotein E (apoE) ε4 and Non-ε4 Carriers

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 124 B, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 58-60

  Tsai, Shih Jen ^a,b   Yu, Younger W Y ^c   Hong, Chen Jee ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Yu's Psychiatric Clinic   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Apolipoprotein E; Association study; Female; Personality trait; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E4;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERAMENT;

ADULT; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0347363537     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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