Tourette syndrome and the norepinephrine transporter gene: Results of a systematic mutation screening

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 158-163

  Stöber, Gerald ^a,b   Hebebrand, Johannes ^c   Cichon, Sven ^a   Brüss, Michael ^a   Bönisch, Heinz ^a   Lehmkuhl, Gerd ^d   Poustka, Fritz ^e   Schmidt, Martin ^f   Remschmidt, Helmut ^c   Propping, Peter ^a   Nöthen, Markus M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^e GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Genetics; Mutation analysis; Noradrenaline; Norepinephrine; Tourette syndrome; Transporter

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CARRIER PROTEIN; CLONIDINE; GENE PRODUCT; NORADRENALIN; NORADRENALIN TRANSPORTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; TIC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELES; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NOREPINEPHRINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; POINT MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SYMPORTERS; TOURETTE SYNDROME;

EID: 0033574529     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19990416)88:2<158::AID-AJMG12>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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