Ethnic differences in the serotonin transporter polymorphism (5-HTTLPR) in several European populations

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1735-1739

  Noskova, Tatyana ^a   Pivac, Nela ^b   Nedic, Gordana ^b   Kazantseva, Anastasiya ^a   Gaysina, Darya ^a,g   Faskhutdinova, Gulnaz ^a   Gareeva, Anna ^a   Khalilova, Zulfiya ^a   Khusnutdinova, Elza ^a   Kovacic, Dragica Kozaric ^c   Kovacic, Zrnka ^d,e,f   Jokic, Mladen ^b   Seler, Dorotea Muck ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^b RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^c Ministry of Health and Social Welfare of the Republic of Croatia   (Croatia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^e Psychiatric Hospital Vrap e   (Croatia)

^f University Department of General and Forensic Psychiatry   (Croatia)

^g KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bashkirs; Croats; Ethnic differences; Russians; Serotonin transporter gene linked polymorphic region (5 HTTLPR); Tatars

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ARTICLE; BASHKIR; BEHAVIOR; CAUCASIAN; CROAT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; RUSSIAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TATAR;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EUROPE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 51549102758     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2008.07.012     Document Type: Article

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