An international multicenter association study of the serotonin transporter gene in persistent ADHD

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 449-458

  Landaas, E T ^a,b   Johansson, S ^a,b   Jacobsen, K K ^a,b   Ribases M ^c   Bosch, R ^c   Sanchez Mora C ^c   Jacob, C P ^d   Boreatti Hummer A ^d   Kreiker, S ^d   Lesch, K P ^d   Kiemeney, L A ^e   Kooij, J J S ^f   Kan, C ^g   Buitelaar, J K ^g   Faraone, S V ^h,i   Halmoy A ^a   Ramos Quiroga, J A ^b,j   Cormand, B ^k,l   Reif, A ^d,e   Franke, B ^g,m   Mick, E ^m   Knappskog, P M ^b   Haavik, J ^a,b   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f Program Adult ADHD   (Netherlands)

^g RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^h SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^k UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^l CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE ENFERMEDADES RARAS CIBERER   (Spain)

^m MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

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Author keywords

5 HTT; 5 HTTLPR; Adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; comorbidity; depression; gender; serotonin; SERT; SLC6A4

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENDER; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MULTICENTER STUDY; NETHERLANDS; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SLC6A4 GENE; SPAIN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NORWAY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SEX FACTORS; SPAIN; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954336908     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2010.00567.x     Document Type: Article

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