Associations of the serotonin transporter promoter polymorphism with aggressivity, attention deficit, and conduct disorder in an adoptee population

Comprehensive Psychiatry

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 88-101

  Cadoret, Remi J ^b   Langbehn, Douglas ^b   Caspers, Kristin ^b   Troughton, Edward P ^b   Yucuis, Rebecca ^b   Sandhu, Harinder K ^b   Philibert, Robert ^a  

^a Psychiatry Research/MEB   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ADOPTION; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ALCOHOLISM; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CONDUCT DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FUTUROLOGY; GENDER; GENE ISOLATION; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; PARENT; PROMOTER REGION; SEROTONIN UPTAKE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0347926319     PISSN: 0010440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/comp.2003.50018     Document Type: Article

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