Trends in suicidology: Personality as an endophenotype for molecular genetic investigations

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 619-623

  Savitz, Jonathan B ^a   Cupido, Cinda Lee ^a   Ramesar, Rajkumar S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 4 RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 1B RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 2A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EUROPEAN UNION; HEREDITY; INCIDENCE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PERSONALITY; PHENOTYPE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; FAMILY HEALTH; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HUMAN; PEDIGREE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDE;

DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FAMILY HEALTH; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; PEDIGREE; PERSONALITY; PHENOTYPE; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 33744492043     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030107     Document Type: Article

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