Serotonin transporter length polymorphism, childhood maltreatment, and chronic depression: A specific gene-environment interaction

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 5-13

  Brown, George W ^a   Ban, Maria ^b   Craig, Thomas K J ^a   Harris, Tirril O ^a   Herbert, Joe ^c   Uher, Rudolf ^a,d  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD NEGLECT; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; DEPRESSION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EMOTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICAL ABUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF ESTEEM; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLELES; CHILD ABUSE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENOTYPE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872120981     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.21982     Document Type: Article

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