Race moderates the association of Catechol-O-methyltransferase genotype and posttraumatic stress disorder in preschool children

Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 454-457

  Humphreys, Kathryn L ^a   Scheeringa, Michael S ^a   Drury, Stacy S ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; COMT PROTEIN, HUMAN;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALLELE; ANCESTRY GROUP; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CHILD; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RACE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; CAUCASIAN; GENETICS; PSYCHOLOGY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84912071575     PISSN: 10445463     EISSN: 15578992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cap.2014.0077     Document Type: Article

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