Brief research communication: Brain-derived neurotrophic factor gene and schizophrenia in Japanese subjects

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 443-444

  Sasaki, Tsukasa ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF); Genetics; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DNA FRAGMENT;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; ALLELES; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0030750084     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19970725)74:4<443::AID-AJMG17>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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