Prevalence of the long-allele genotype of the serotonin transporter-linked gene in female centenarians

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1786-1788

  Holsinger, R M Damian ^a   Brown, Rebecca ^a   Richmond, Robyn ^b   Kay Lambkin, Frances ^c   Law, Jenaleen ^c   Kirby, Adrienne C ^d   Chan, Daniel K Y ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

AGED; AGING; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PROMOTER REGION; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER GENE; SLC6A4 GENE;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLELES; AUSTRALIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 84866434920     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2012.04127.x     Document Type: Letter

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