The interaction of stressful life events and a serotonin transporter polymorphism in the prediction of episodes of major depression: A replication

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 529-535

  Kendler, Kenneth S ^a,b   Kuhn, Jonathan W ^a,b   Vittum, Jen ^a,b   Prescott, Carol A ^a,b   Riley, Brien ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PHENOTYPE; RISK FACTOR; STRESS; TWINS;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 18244389951     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.62.5.529     Document Type: Article

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