Twelve-nucleotide repeat polymorphism of D4 dopamine receptor gene in Chinese familial schizophrenic patients

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 432-435

  Hong, Chen Jee ^a,b   Chiu, Hsien Jane ^a   Chang, Yea Shin ^a   Sim, Cho Boon ^a  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

D4 dopamine receptor gene; Dopamine D4 receptor; Familial schizophrenia; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE 4 RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADULT; ALLELES; CHINA; DNA; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D4; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0032521408     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(97)00207-2     Document Type: Article

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