No association of the dopamine D4 receptor (DRD4) and -521 C/T promoter polymorphisms with infant attachment disorganization

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 211-218

  Bakermans Kranenburg, M J ^a   van Ijzendoorn, M H ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

521C T; Attachment; Disorganization; DRD4

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE 4 RECEPTOR;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DISORIENTATION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TWINS;

ALLELES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REACTIVE ATTACHMENT DISORDER; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D4; TWINS;

EID: 7244248760     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616730412331281584     Document Type: Article

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