The serotonin transporter 5-HTTPR polymorphism is associated with current and lifetime depression in persons with chronic psychotic disorders

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 117-127

  Contreras, J ^a,b   Hare, L ^a   Camarena, B ^d   Glahn, D ^a   Dassori, A ^a   Medina, R ^a   Contreras, S ^a   Ramirez, M ^a   Armas, R ^f   Munoz, R ^g   Mendoza, R ^e   Raventos, H ^b   Ontiveros, A ^c   Nicolini, H ^d   Palmer, R ^a   Escamilla, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^c Instituto de Información e Investigación en Salud Mental   (Mexico)

^d Grupo de Estudios Médicos y Familiares Carraci   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g Family Health Centers of San Diego   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Psychosis; Serotonin transporter polymorphism

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; COSTA RICA; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PSYCHOSIS; STRESS;

ADULT; ALLELES; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; COSTA RICA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; ODDS RATIO; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58449122836     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2008.01273.x     Document Type: Article

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