Association between suicide attempt and a tri-allelic functional polymorphism in serotonin transporter gene promoter in Chinese patients with schizophrenia

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 504, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 242-246

  Hung, Chi Fa ^a,b   Lung, For Wey ^c,d   Chen, Chien Hsiun ^e   O'Nions, Elizabeth ^b   Hung, Tai Hsin ^a   Chong, Mian Yoon ^a   Wu, Ching Kuan ^f   Wen, Jung Kwang ^f   Lin, Pao Yen ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^e INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^f Tsyr Huey Mental Hospital   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

5 HTTLPR; Polymorphism; Schizophrenia; Serotonin transporter; Suicide

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENDOPHENOTYPE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SAMPLE SIZE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; TAIWAN; VIOLENCE;

EID: 82455171911     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2011.09.036     Document Type: Article

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