Variants in neurotrophic factor genes and schizophrenic psychoses: No associations in a Spanish population

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-5

  Thome, Johannes ^a   Durany, Nuria ^b   Palomo, Antonio ^c   Foley, Paul ^a   Harsányi, Alexander ^a   Baumer, Alessandra ^d   Hashimoto, Eri ^a   Cruz Sánchez, Felix F ^b   Riederer, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^c Psychiatric Department   (Spain)

^d Biozentrum   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ciliary neurotrophic factor; Genetics; Neural development; Neurotrophic factors; Neurotrophin 3; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN 3;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SPAIN;

CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROTROPHIN 3; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SPAIN; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0030785722     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1781(97)00035-8     Document Type: Article

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