Genetic pathway of major depressive disorder in shortening telomeric length

Psychiatric Genetics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 195-199

  Lung, For Wey ^a,b,c   Chen, Nathan C ^d,e   Shu, Bih Ching ^e  

^a KAOHSIUNG ARMED FORCES GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c National Defense Medical University   (Taiwan)

^d Janssen Cilag ^*  (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Apo 2 allele; Major depressive disorder; Monoamine oxidase A; Shortening telomeric length

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME A; APOLIPOPROTEIN E2;

ADULT; AGING; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; TAIWAN; TELOMERE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DNA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONOAMINE OXIDASE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TAIWAN; TELOMERE;

EID: 34248147022     PISSN: 09558829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YPG.0b013e32808374f6     Document Type: Article

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