Correlation of domestic violence during pregnancy with plasma amino-acid neurotransmitter, cortisol levels and catechol-o-methyltransferase Val(158)Met polymorphism in neonates

Asia-Pacific Psychiatry

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 2-10

  Zhang, Yong ^a,b   Zou, Shaohong ^a,c   Zhang, Xianghui ^a   Zhang, Yalin ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TIANJIN ANDING HOSPITAL   (China)

^c PEOPLE S HOSPITAL OF XINJIANG UYGUR AUTONOMOUS REGION   (China)

Author keywords

Amino acid neurotransmitter; Catechol o methyltransferase gene polymorphism; Cortisol; Domestic violence; Neonate

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HYDROCORTISONE; METHIONINE; VALINE;

ABUSE ASSESSMENT SURVEY; ALLELE; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DELIVERY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EMOTIONAL ABUSE; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NEWBORN; PHYSICAL ABUSE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL ABUSE; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; UMBILICAL VEIN;

AMINO-ACID NEUROTRANSMITTER; CATECHOL-O-METHYLTRANSFERASE GENE POLYMORPHISM; CORTISOL; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; NEONATE;

ADULT; ALLELES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INFANT, NEWBORN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREGNANCY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84874338002     PISSN: 17585864     EISSN: 17585872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/appy.12021     Document Type: Article

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