Lack of evidence for allelic association between personality traits and the dopamine D4 receptor gene polymorphisms

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 154, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 697-699

  Jönsson, Erik G ^a   Nöthen, Markus M ^b   Gustavsson, J Petter ^b   Neidt, Helge ^b   Brené, Stefan ^b   Tylec, Alexandra ^b   Propping, Peter ^b   Sedvall, Göran C ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE 4 RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INHERITANCE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 1842332176     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.154.5.697     Document Type: Article

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