Association between tryptophan hydroxylase-2 gene and late-onset depression

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 825-829

  De Araújo Pereira, Patricia ^a   Romano Silva, Marco Aurélio ^a   Bicalho, Maria Aparecida Camargos ^a   De Marco, Luiz ^a   Correa, Humberto ^a   De Campos, Simone Becho ^a   De Moraes, Edgar Nunes ^a   De Lima Torres, Karen Cecilia ^a   De Souza, Bruno Rezende ^a   De Miranda, Debora Marques ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

late onset depression (LOD); single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP); Tryptophan hydroxylase 2 (TPH2)

Indexed keywords

TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE 2;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; LATE ONSET DEPRESSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 80052392956     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e31820eeb21     Document Type: Article

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