Citation

Ratta-Apha W, Hishimoto A, Yoshida M, Ueno Y, Asano M, Shirakawa O, Sora I. Psychiatry Res. 2013; 209(3): 734-736.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-1, Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0017, Japan.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.psychres.2013.05.030

PMID

23850432

Abstract

We explored the association between the brain-derived neurotrophic factor gene with suicide using 307 Japanese completed suicides, 380 healthy controls, and data from previously published samples. The meta-analyses of the valine with methionine in codon 66 (Val66Met) single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) showed that the Met-allele tended to be associated with attempted suicide in Asian populations, but not with the completed suicide.

Language: en