Lack of evidence for association between the COMT locus and schizophrenia

Psychiatric Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 183-186

  Wei, J ^a   Hemmings, G P ^a  

^a Schizophrenia Assoc of Great B   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catechol O methyltransferase (COMT); Haplotype relative risk; Polymerase chain reaction (PCR); Restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs); Schizophrenia; Transmission disequilibrium test (TDT)

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHROMOSOME 22Q; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FATHER; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHER; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RISK; SCHIZOPHRENIA; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0033399702     PISSN: 09558829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00041444-199912000-00003     Document Type: Article

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