Serotonin transporter and tryptophan hydroxylase gene polymorphisms in Chinese patients with generalized anxiety disorder

Psychiatric Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 7-11

  You, Jin Song ^a,b   Hu, Sui Yu ^a   Chen, Binglai ^a   Zhang, Hong Gen ^c  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGDONG PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^c Hunan Brain Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Gene polymorphism; Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD); Serotonin transporter tryptophan hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HUMAN; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROTONIN METABOLISM; TANDEM REPEAT;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; DNA; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTRONS; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REFERENCE VALUES; SEQUENCE DELETION; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

EID: 15744385450     PISSN: 09558829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00041444-200503000-00002     Document Type: Article

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