The dopamine receptor D4 7-repeat allele and prenatal smoking in ADHD-affected children and their unaffected siblings: No gene-environment interaction

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1053-1060

  Altink, Marieke E ^a,c   Arias Vásquez, Alejandro ^a,b   Franke, Barbara ^a,b   Slaats Willemse, Dorine I E ^c   Buschgens, Cathelijne J M ^a   Rommelse, Nanda N J ^h   Fliers, Ellen A ^a   Anney, Richard ^f   Brookes, Keeley Joanne ^d   Chen, Wai ^d   Gill, Michael ^f   Mulligan, Aisling ^f   Sonuga Barke, Edmund ^e   Thompson, Margaret ^e   Sergeant, Joseph A ^h   Faraone, Stephen V ^g   Asherson, Philip ^d   Buitelaar, Jan K ^a,b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^f ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^g State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^h VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD); Dopamine receptor D4 gene; Gene by environment interaction; Maternal smoking during pregnancy

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE 4 RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE 4 RECEPTOR GENE; DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; SAMPLE SIZE; SIBLING; SYMPTOM; TEACHER;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D4; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SIBLINGS; SMOKING;

EID: 53849138784     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2008.01998.x     Document Type: Article

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