Expanded CAG/CTG repeats in schizophrenia: A study of clinical correlates

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 169, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 766-771

  Cardno, Alastair G ^a   Murphy, Kieran C ^a   Jones, Lisa A ^a   Guy, Carol A ^a   Asherson, Philip ^a   De Azevedo, Maria H P ^b   Da Cruz Coelho, Isabel M O ^b   De Macedo E Santos, Antonio J F ^b   Pato, Carlos N ^b   Mcguffin, Peter ^a   Owen, Michael J ^a   O'Donovan, Michael C ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRINUCLEOTIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUTATION; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; PORTUGAL; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYNDROME; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS; WALES;

EID: 0029906008     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.169.6.766     Document Type: Article

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