The serotonin transporter gene: Polymorphism and haplotype analysis in Russian suicide attempters

Neuropsychobiology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 70-74

  Gaysina, Daria ^a   Zainullina, Aigul ^a   Gabdulhakov, Rail ^b   Khusnutdinova, Elza ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^b BASHKIR STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Serotonin deficit; Serotonin transporter; Suicidal behavior

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INTRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ADULT; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INTRONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RUSSIA; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 33750702173     PISSN: 0302282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000096041     Document Type: Article

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