Low activity allele of catechol-o-methyltransferase gene and Japanese unipolar depression

NeuroReport

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1305-1308

  Ohara, Koichi ^a   Nagai, Miho ^a   Suzuki, Yasuo ^a   Ohara, Kenshiro ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

COMT; Depression; Mood disorders; Polymorphism; Unipolar

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; GENE PRODUCT;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032507643     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001756-199805110-00009     Document Type: Article

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