HTERT genetic variation in depression

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 189, Issue , 2016, Pages 62-69

  Wei, Ya Bin ^a,b   Martinsson, Lina ^b   Liu, Jia Jia ^a,c   Forsell, Yvonne ^b   Schalling, Martin ^a,b   Backlund, Lena ^a,b   Lavebratt, Catharina ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Depressive episode; Saliva; Single nucleotide polymorphism; Telomerase; Telomere

Indexed keywords

DNA; LITHIUM; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; TELOMERASE; TERT PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER TYPE 1; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DNA EXTRACTION; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIST; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVA LEVEL; SELF REPORT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; TELOMERE SHORTENING; AGED; ANIMAL; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR DEPRESSION; METABOLISM; MOUSE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DNA; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MICE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE SHORTENING;

EID: 84942337272     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2015.09.025     Document Type: Article

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