Sequence analysis of exon 8 of MAO-A gene in alcoholics with antisocial personality and normal controls

Genomics

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 290-295

  Parsian, Abbas ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME A; DNA;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EXON; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOME; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033082266     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/geno.1998.5664     Document Type: Article

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