Monozygotic twins discordant for schizophrenia are discordant for N-CAM and L1 in CSF

Brain Research

Volumn 751, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 152-154

  Poltorak, M ^a,c   Wright, R ^a   Hemperly, J J ^b   Torrey, E F ^a   Issa, F ^a   Wyatt, R J ^a   Freed, W J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b BD Technologies   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cell recognition molecule; cerebrospinal fluid; contactin; L1 antigen; neural cell adhesion molecule; schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

CALGRANULIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE;

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES, NEURONAL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LEUKOCYTE L1 ANTIGEN COMPLEX; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0030945211     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00023-1     Document Type: Article

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