5HT-2C receptor polymorphism in suicide victims: Association studies in German and Slavic populations

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 254, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 224-227

  Stefulj, Jasminka ^a   Büttner, Andreas ^b   Kubat, Milovan ^c   Zill, Peter ^b   Balija, Melita ^d   Eisenmenger, Wolfgang ^b   Bondy, Brigitta ^b   Jernej, Branimir ^a  

^a RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^d CROATIAN INSTITUTE OF TRANSFUSION MEDICINE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

5HT 2C receptor; Ethnicity; Gene; Suicidal behaviour

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN 2C RECEPTOR; CYSTEINE; MESSENGER RNA; SERINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROATIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; SYNAPSE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADULT; CYSTEINE; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT2C; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SERINE; SUICIDE;

EID: 4644225287     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00406-004-0482-5     Document Type: Article

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