Association study of the dopamine transporter gene with personality traits and major depressive disorder in the Han Chinese population

Pharmacogenetics and Genomics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 94-97

  Huang, Chang Chih ^a,c   Lu, Ru Band ^b   Shih, Mei Chen ^a   Yen, Che Hung ^a   Huang, San Yuan ^a  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAOYUAN ARMED FORCES GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

association; DAT1; depression; dopamine transporter; personality

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 78751632281     PISSN: 17446872     EISSN: 17446880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/FPC.0b013e3283424d94     Document Type: Article

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