COMT polymorphisms in impulsively violent offenders with antisocial personality disorder

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 753-756

  Vevera, Jan ^a,c   Stopkova, Romana ^b   Bes, Mireia ^b   Albrecht, Tomas ^b   Papezova, Hana ^a   Zukov, Ilja ^a   Raboch, Jiri ^a   Stopka, Pavel ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c 7th Field Military Hospital   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Aggressive behavior; Antisocial personality disorder; COMT; Dopamine; Impulsivity

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; INDEL MUTATION; MALE; OFFENDER; PSYCHOPATHY; VIOLENCE;

EID: 77649264654     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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