Combination of polymorphic variants in serotonin transporter and monoamine oxidase-A genes may influence the risk for early-onset alcoholism

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 200, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 1041-1043

  Bordukalo Niksic, Tatjana ^a   Stefulj, Jasminka ^a   Matosic, Ana ^b   Mokrovic, Gordana ^a   Cicin Sain, Lipa ^a  

^a RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^b SESTRE MILOSRDNICE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Alcoholism subtypes; Monoamine oxidase; Serotonin transporter

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME A; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; MONOAMINE OXIDASE A GENE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER GENE; SYNDROME DELINEATION;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ALCOHOLISM; ALLELES; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 84872386891     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2012.04.031     Document Type: Article

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