Variants in the α(2A) AR adrenergic receptor gene in psychiatric patients

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 405-410

  Feng, Jinong ^a   Sobell, Janet L ^a   Heston, Leonard L ^b   Goldman, David ^c   Cook Jr , Edwin ^d   Kranzler, Henry R ^e   Gelernter, Joel ^f   Sommer, Steve S ^a  

^a CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol dependence; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Autism; Cocaine dependence; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2A ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR;

ALCOHOLISM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MISSENSE MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; ANIMAL; GENETICS; GENOME; MUTATION; PSYCHOSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; MUTATION; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-2; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032493984     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19980907)81:5<405::AID-AJMG9>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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