The relationship between combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder and the 5-HTTLPR/rs25531 polymorphism

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1067-1073

  Wang, Zhewu ^a,b   Baker, Dewleen G ^c,d   Harrer, Judith ^e   Hamner, Mark ^a,b   Price, Matthew ^b   Amstadter, Ananda ^f  

^a RALPH H JOHNSON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c VA Center of Exellence for Stress and Mental Health   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

5 HTTLPR; 5 HTTLPR genotypes; combat trauma; combat veteran; genetic risk; post traumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUTATION RATE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VETERAN;

ADULT; ALLELES; COHORT STUDIES; COMBAT DISORDERS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS;

EID: 82955195856     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.20872     Document Type: Article

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