Estrogen receptor gene 1 variants are not associated with suicidal behavior

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-7

  Giegling, Ina ^a   Rujescu, Dan ^a   Mandelli, Laura ^b   Schneider, Barbara ^c   Hartmann, Annette M ^a   Schnabel, Axel ^c   Maurer, Konrad ^c   De Ronchi, Diana ^b   Möller, Hans Jürgen ^a   Serretti, Alessandro ^b  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Depression; Estrogen; Genetics; Reproductive hormones; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANGER; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GERMANY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPULSIVENESS; INVENTORY CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECEPTOR GENE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCORING SYSTEM; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; ANGER; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; CONTROL GROUPS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 44749083053     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2007.05.007     Document Type: Article

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