5-HTTLPR and STin2 polymorphisms in the serotonin transporter gene and irritable bowel syndrome: Effect of bowel habit and sex

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 856-861

  Niesler, Beate ^a   Kapeller, Johannes ^a   Fell, Catherine ^b   Atkinson, Wendy ^b   Möller, Dorothee ^a   Fischer, Christine ^a   Whorwell, Peter ^b   Houghton, Lesley A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

5 hydroxytryptamine; irritable bowel syndrome; serotonin transporter protein; SERT

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; SLC6A4 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

5 HTTLPR GENE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUCASIAN; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION HABIT; DIARRHEA; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STIN2 GENE; UNITED KINGDOM; ADOLESCENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; HUMANS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954019708     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e32832e9d6b     Document Type: Article

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