MAOA, maltreatment, and gene-environment interaction predicting children's mental health: New evidence and a meta-analysis

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 903-913

  Kim Cohen, J ^a,b   Caspi, A ^b,c   Taylor, A ^b   Williams, B ^b   Newcombe, R ^b   Craig, I W ^b   Moffitt, T E ^b,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; Antisocial behavior; Emotional problems; Maltreatment; Monoamine oxidase A; Promoter polymorphism; Psychopathology

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME A;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE INTERACTION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; COHORT STUDIES; CRIME VICTIMS; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONOAMINE OXIDASE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33748927438     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: 14765578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4001851     Document Type: Article

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