Association study of androgen receptor CAG repeat polymorphism and male violent criminal activity

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 548-552

  Cheng, Daniel ^a,b   Hong, Chen Jee ^a,c   Liao, Ding Lieh ^d   Tsai, Shih Jen ^a,c  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d Pali Psychiatric Hospital   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Association study; Polymorphism; Substance dependence; Violence

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR;

ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; AR GENE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CRIME; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; REFERENCE VALUES; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33644855274     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2005.11.004     Document Type: Article

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