Genetic association study of BDNF in depression: Finding from two cohort studies and a meta-analysis

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 147, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 814-821

  Chen, Lina ^a   Lawlor, Debbie A ^a   Lewis, Sarah J ^a   Yuan, Wei ^a   Abdollahi, Mohammad R ^a   Timpson, Nicholas J ^a   Day, Ian N M ^a   Ebrahim, Shah ^b   Smith, George Davey ^a   Shugart, Yin Y ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

270 C > T; BDNF; Depression; Genetic association; V66M

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 51449121585     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.30686     Document Type: Article

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