Lack of association of the serotonin transporter gene promoter region polymorphism, 5-HTTLPR, including rs25531 with cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 575-580

  Rasmussen, Henrik ^a   Bagger, Yu ^b,c   Tanko, Laszlo B ^b,d   Christiansen, Claus ^b   Werge, Thomas ^a  

^a Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^b CENTER FOR CLINICAL AND BASIC RESEARCH   (Denmark)

^c Santaris Pharma AS   (Denmark)

^d Ferring Pharmaceuticals AS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

5 HTTLPR; Genetic predisposition; Moderate alcohol consumption; Serotonin transporter gene polymorhism; Smoking

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER GENE; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER GENE PROMOTER REGION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALLELES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SMOKING;

EID: 66649106147     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.30880     Document Type: Article

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