Population-based and family-based studies on the serotonin transporter gene polymorphisms and bipolar disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 771-781

  Cho, H J ^a   Meira Lima, I ^b   Cordeiro, Q ^b   Michelon, L ^b   Sham, P ^a   Vallada, H ^b   Collier, D A ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Association study; Bipolar disorder; Genetics; Meta analysis; Polymorphisms; Serotonin transporter

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INTRON; META ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TANDEM REPEAT;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 23744490895     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4001663     Document Type: Review

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