The molecular genetics of schizophrenia

Annals of Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 541-546

  O'Donovan, Michael C ^a   Owen, Michael J ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genetic linkage; Linkage disequilibrium; Schizophrenia; Trinucleotide repeats

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; CHROMOSOME 22Q; CHROMOSOME 8P; DATA ANALYSIS; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0030451234     PISSN: 07853890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07853899608999118     Document Type: Review

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