Association of a triallelic seroton in transporter gene promoter region (5-HTTLPR) polymorphism with stressful life events and severity of depression

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 163, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1588-1593

  Zalsman, Gil ^b   Huang, Yung Yu ^b   Oquendo, Maria A ^b   Burke, Ainsley K ^b   Hu, Xian Zhang ^b   Brent, David A ^b   Ellis, Steven P ^b   Goldman, David ^b   Mann, J John ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; 5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; SLC6A4 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

5 HTTLPR GENE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; STRESS; STRESSFUL LIFE EVENT; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; TRIALLELE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALIZATION; MAJOR DEPRESSION; METABOLISM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; STATISTICS; SUICIDE;

ADULT; ALLELES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUICIDE;

EID: 85047697355     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.2006.163.9.1588     Document Type: Article

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