Variants of the serotonin transporter gene (SLC6A4) significantly contribute to hyperserotonemia in autism

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 264-271

  Coutinho, A M ^a   Oliveira, G ^b   Morgadinho, T ^c   Fesel, C ^a   Macedo, T R ^c   Bento, C ^b   Marques, C ^b   Ataide A ^d   Miguel, T ^d   Borges, L ^b   Vicente, A M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

^b CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^d Direccao Reg Educ da Regiao Ctro   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Autism; Hyperserotonemia; QTDT; Quantitative trait; Serotonin transporter; SLC6A4 polymorphisms

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CELL LEVEL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMINANT INHERITANCE; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THROMBOCYTE;

EID: 11144358488     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4001409     Document Type: Article

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