Evidence for a gene-gene interaction in predicting children's behavior problems: Association of serotonin transporter short and dopamine receptor D4 long genotypes with internalizing and externalizing behaviors in typically developing 7-year-olds

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1105-1116

  Schmidt, Louis A ^a   Fox, Nathan A ^b   Hamer, Dean H ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE 4 RECEPTOR; GENOMIC DNA; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHEEK; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE INTERACTION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT;

ALLELES; ANXIETY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D4; RISK FACTORS; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

EID: 35348871044     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579407000569     Document Type: Article

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