Association study of a null mutation in the dopamine D4 receptor gene in Italian patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder, bipolar mood disorder and schizophrenia

Psychiatric Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 119-121

  Di Bella, D ^a   Catalano, M ^a,b,d   Cichon, S ^c   Nothen M M ^c  

^a DSNP   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Association; DRD4gene; Mood disorder; Null mutation; OCD; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

DNA; DOPAMINE 4 RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DEPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; EXON; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSESSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0029802694     PISSN: 09558829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00041444-199623000-00003     Document Type: Article

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