Irritable assault and variation in the COMT gene

Psychiatric Genetics

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 344-346

  Flory, Janine D ^a   Xu, Ke ^b   New, Antonia S ^a   Finch, Thembi ^b   Goldman, David ^b   Siever, Larry J ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Axis II personality disorders; COMT

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHIONINE; VALINE; PRIMER DNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AGGRESSION; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF REPORT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HOSTILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VIOLENCE;

AGGRESSION; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA PRIMERS; GENOTYPE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; VARIATION (GENETICS); VIOLENCE;

EID: 38749109706     PISSN: 09558829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YPG.0b013e3281c8f126     Document Type: Article

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