Transmission disequilibrium tests confirm the link between DRD4 gene polymorphism and infant attachment

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 132 B, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 126-130

  Gervai, Judit ^a   Nemoda, Zsofia ^b   Lakatos, Krisztina ^a   Ronai, Zsolt ^b   Toth, Ildiko ^a   Ney, Krisztina ^a   Sasvari Szekely, Maria ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLOGY   (Hungary)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; DRD4 521 C T promoter polymorphism; DRD4 exon III 48 basepair repeat polymorphism; Genetics of attachment; Haplotype analysis

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE 4 RECEPTOR;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EXON; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ADULT; ALLELES; EXONS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; NUCLEAR FAMILY; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D4; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 11244270435     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.30102     Document Type: Article

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