A linkage study of the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor subunit gene loci and schizophrenia in southern African Bantu-speaking families

Psychiatric Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 57-74

  Riley, B P ^a,e   Tahir, E ^a   Rajagopalan, S ^a   Mogudi Carter, M ^b   Faure S ^c   Weissenbach, J ^c   Jenkins, T ^d   Williamson, R ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c GÉNÉTHON   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human chromosome 12; Human chromosome 16; Human chromosome 17; Human chromosome 9; Linkage analysis; Non parametric; Parametric; Psychosis; South African

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ALLELE; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 12P; CHROMOSOME 16P; CHROMOSOME 17Q; CHROMOSOME 9Q; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME NUMBER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE NUMBER; GENE SEGREGATION; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GEOGRAPHIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARKER GENE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; SAMPLING; SCHIZOPHRENIA; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030799204     PISSN: 09558829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00041444-199722000-00002     Document Type: Article

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