The (CTG)n polymorphism in the NOTCH4 gene is not associated with schizophrenia in Japanese individuals

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 1, Issue , 2001, Pages

  Imai, Koubun ^a   Harada, Shoji ^a   Kawanishi, Yoichi ^a   Tachikawa, Hirokazu ^a   Okubo, Takehito ^a   Suzuki, Toshihito ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; GUANINE; LEUCINE; NOTCH RECEPTOR; NOTCH4 RECEPTOR; THYMIDINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEBEPHRENIA; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARANOIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESIDUAL SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

EID: 0000602206     PISSN: 1471244X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-1-1     Document Type: Article

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