SNP and haplotype analysis of a novel tryptophan hydroxylase isoform (TPH2) gene provide evidence for association with major depression

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1030-1036

  Zill, P ^a   Baghai, T C ^a   Zwanzger, P ^a   Schule C ^a   Eser, D ^a   Rupprecht, R ^a   Moller H J ^a   Bondy, B ^a   Ackenheil, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Association study; Haplotypes; Linkage disequilibrium; SNP; Tryptophan hydroxylase, major depression

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TPH2 GENE;

ADULT; BRAIN; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 12; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; LOD SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

EID: 5044238471     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4001525     Document Type: Article

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