Serotonin transporter genotype 5HTTLPR as a marker of differential susceptibility A meta-analysis of child and adolescent gene-by-environment studies

Translational Psychiatry

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Van Ijzendoorn, M H ^a   Belsky, J ^b   Bakermans Kranenburg, M J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

5HTTLPR; adolescents; children; diathesis stress; differential susceptibility; meta analysis; serotonin

Indexed keywords

5HTTLPR PROTEIN; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGE; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MARKER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNICITY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; META ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ALLELES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 84867899979     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21583188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/tp.2012.73     Document Type: Article

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