No evidence to support the association of the potassium channel gene hSKCa3 CAG repeat with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder in the Irish population

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 488-491

  Hawi, Z ^a   Mynett Johnson, L ^a   Murphy, V ^a   Straub, R E ^b   Kendler, K S ^b   Walsh, D ^c   McKeon, P ^a   Gill, M ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HEALTH RESEARCH BOARD   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Anticipation; Bipolar disorder; CAG repeat; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

EID: 0032705567     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4000560     Document Type: Article

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