A study of genetic association between manic-depressive illness and a highly polymorphic marker from the GABRβ-1 gene

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 342-344

  Puertollano, Rosa ^a   Visedo, Gillermo ^b   Zapata, Carlos ^b   Fernández Piqueras, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Affective disorder; Association; Bipolar; GABA; GABR 1; Gene locus; Genetics; Manic depression

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; MARKER GENE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

ALLELES; BIPOLAR DISORDER; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, GABA; SPAIN;

EID: 0031005833     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19970531)74:3<342::AID-AJMG18>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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