Analysis of the monoamine oxidase A (MAOA) gene in bipolar affective disorder by association studies, meta-analyses, and sequencing of the promoter

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 398-406

  Furlong, Robert A ^a,b   Ho, Luk ^c   Rubinsztein, Judy S ^c   Walsh, Cathy ^c   Paykel, Eugene S ^c   Rubinsztein, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Association studies; Bipolar affective disorder; Metaanalysis; Monoamine oxidase A gene; Promoter sequencing

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME A;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; META ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ADULT; AGED; BASE SEQUENCE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MONOAMINE OXIDASE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 0033588385     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19990820)88:4<398::AID-AJMG18>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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