Family-based association studies support a sexually dimorphic effect of COMT and MAOA on genetic susceptibility to obsessive-compulsive disorder

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1178-1189

  Karayiorgou, Maria ^a   Sobin, Christina ^a   Blundell, Maude L ^a   Galke, Brandi L ^a   Malinova, Lubomira ^a   Goldberg, Pablo ^a   Ott, Jurg ^a   Gogos, Joseph A ^a,b  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Catechol O methyltransferase; Gender differences; Gene(s); Major depressive disorder; Monoamine oxidase A; Obsessive compulsive disorder

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME A; CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPULSION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOAMINE METABOLISM; OBSESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEX FACTORS; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0033135862     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(98)00319-9     Document Type: Article

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