Serotonin transporter polymorphism and borderline or antisocial traits among low-income young adults

Psychiatric Genetics

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 339-343

  Lyons Ruth, Karlen ^a   Holmes, Bjarne M ^a   Sasvari Szekely, Maria ^c   Ronai, Zsolt ^c   Nemoda, Zsofia ^c   Pauls, David ^b  

^a CAMBRIDGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Antisocial personality disorder; Borderline personality disorder; Maternal care; Serotonin transporter linked polymorphic region; Suicidality

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ADULT; ALLELE; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; CHILD CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INCIDENCE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SUICIDE; ADOLESCENT; CAUCASIAN; FAMILY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; INCOME; NEGRO; POVERTY; PSYCHOPATHY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POVERTY; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 38749113015     PISSN: 09558829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YPG.0b013e3281ac237e     Document Type: Article

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