No evidence of an association between norepinephrine transporter gene polymorphisms and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: A family-based and case-control association study in a Korean sample

Neuropsychobiology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 131-138

  Cho, Soo Churl ^a   Kim, Jae Won ^a   Kim, Boong Nyun ^a   Hwang, Jun Won ^a   Park, Mira ^c   Kim, Soon Ae ^c   Cho, Dae Yeon ^b   Yoo, Hee Jeong ^d   Chung, Un Sun ^e   Son, Jung Woo ^f   Park, Tae Won ^g  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b LabGenomics Clinical Research Institute   (South Korea)

^c Eulji University   (South Korea)

^d Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^e Kyungpook National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^f Chungbuk National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^g Chonbuk National University Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Continuous performance test; Haplotype; Junior Temperament and Character Inventory; SLC6A2; Transmission disequilibrium

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN TRANSPORTER;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; JUNIOR TEMPERAMENT AND CHARACTER INVENTORY; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORADRENALIN TRANSPORTER GENE; PERFORMANCE; PERSONALITY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; KOREA; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; NOREPINEPHRINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PEDIGREE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REFERENCE VALUES; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 47949097303     PISSN: 0302282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000138916     Document Type: Article

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