The serotonin transporter promoter polymorphism and suicide

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 400, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 13-15

  Helbecque, Nicole ^a   Sparks, D Larry ^b,c   Hunsaker III, John C ^c   Amouyel, Philippe ^a,d  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b SUN HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Div of Medical Examiner Services   (United States)

^d LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Case control study; Serotonin transporter gene; Suicide

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLELES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SUICIDE;

EID: 33646158894     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2006.02.012     Document Type: Article

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