Association study between the corticotropin-releasing hormone receptor 2 gene and suicidality in bipolar disorder

European Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 282-287

  De Luca, Vincenzo ^a,b   Tharmalingam, Subi ^a   Kennedy, James L ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Corticotropin releasing hormone; CRHR2; Haplotype; Linkage; Suicide

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 2;

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ALLELES; BIPOLAR DISORDER; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 34447640350     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2006.12.001     Document Type: Article

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