Investigation of serotonin transporter gene promoter (5-HTTLPR) and intron 2 (variable number of tandem repeats) polymorphisms with suicidal behavior in a Turkish population

DNA and Cell Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 429-434

  Akar, Taner ^a   Sayin, Aslihan ^a   Bakkaloǧlu, Zekiye ^b   Çabuk, Duygu Kaya ^a   Küçükyildirim, Sibel ^b   Demirel, Birol ^a   Candansayar, Selçuk ^a   Özsoy, Ergi Deniz ^b   Mergen, Hatice ^b  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRONS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SUICIDE; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; TURKEY;

EID: 77955886365     PISSN: 10445498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/dna.2010.1031     Document Type: Article

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