Serotonin transporter gene (SLC6A4) promoter polymorphisms and the susceptibility to posttraumatic stress disorder in the general population

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 166, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 926-933

  Grabe, Hans Jörgen ^a   Spitzer, Carsten ^b   Schwahn, Christian ^b   Marcinek, Agnes ^b   Frahnow, Antje ^b   Barnow, Sven ^b   Lucht, Michael ^b   Freyberger, Harald Jürgen ^b   John, Ulrich ^b   Wallaschofski, Henri ^b   Völzke, Henry ^b   Rosskopf, Dieter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; SLC6A4 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LIFE STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PSYCHOMETRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROTONINERGIC TRANSMISSION; SLC6A4 GENE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; ALLELE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GERMANY; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELES; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREVALENCE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 68149136687     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: 15357228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2009.08101542     Document Type: Article

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