Genetic polymorphisms in the SCN8A gene are associated with suicidal behavior in psychiatric disorders in the Chinese population

World Journal of Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 956-963

  Wang, Yang ^a,c   Zhang, Jing ^a,c   Liu, Baocheng ^a,c   Shao, Liyan ^a,c   Wei, Zhiyun ^a,c   Li, Xingwang ^a,b,c   Ji, Jue ^a,c   Yang, Fengping ^a,c   Wang, Ti ^a,c   Liu, Jie ^a,b,c   Wan, Chunling ^a,c   Li, Baojie ^a   Xu, Yifeng ^d   Feng, Guoyin ^d   He, Lin ^a,b,c   He, Guang ^a,c  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People s Hospital   (China)

^d SHANGHAI MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Association; case control analysis; Han Chinese; SCN8A; suicidal behavior

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL VOLTAGE GATED TYPE VIII ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHINA; CHINESE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SODIUM CHANNEL VOLTAGE GATED TYPE VIII ALPHA GENE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ALLELES; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; DELIRIUM, DEMENTIA, AMNESTIC, COGNITIVE DISORDERS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SODIUM CHANNELS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 78549238573     PISSN: 15622975     EISSN: 18141412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15622971003801936     Document Type: Article

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