Association between a serotonin transporter promoter polymorphism (5HTTLPR) and personality disorder traits in a community sample

Journal of Psychiatric Research

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1153-1159

  Blom, Rianne M ^a,b   Samuels, Jack F ^a   Riddle, Mark A ^a   Joseph Bienvenu, O ^a   Grados, Marco A ^a   Reti, Irving M ^a   Eaton, William W ^c   Liang, Kung Yee ^d   Nestadt, Gerald ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Avoidant personality; Obsessive compulsive personality; Personality disorders; Polymorphism; Serotonin transporter gene; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPULSIVE PERSONALITY DISORDER; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 80051670660     PISSN: 00223956     EISSN: 18791379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2011.03.003     Document Type: Review

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