Homozygosity at the dopamine D3 receptor gene in schizophrenic patients

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 220, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 151-154

  Durany, Nuria ^a,b   Thome, Johannes ^b   Palomo, Antonio ^c   Foley, Paul ^b   Riederer, Peter ^b   Cruz Sánchez, Felix F ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c Mental Clinic of Santa Coloma   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dopamine D3 receptor; Genetics; Polymerase chain reaction; Polymorphism; Psychiatry; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE 3 RECEPTOR;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SPAIN;

AGED; ALLELES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D3; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0030596137     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(96)13251-1     Document Type: Article

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