Haplotype transmission disequilibrium and evidence for linkage of the CHRNA7 gene region to schizophrenia in Southern African Bantu families

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 196-201

  Riley, Brien P ^a   Makoff, Andrew ^a   Mogudi Carter, Mphala ^b   Jenkins, Trefor ^c   Williamson, Robert ^d   Collier, David ^a   Murray, Robin ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alpha 7 neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor; Bantu; Cholinergic; CHRNA7; Chromosome 15; Genetics; Linkage; Nonparametric; Schizophrenia; South African

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 15Q; FAMILY STUDY; GENETIC LINKAGE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOUTH AFRICA;

BUNGAROTOXINS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 15; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; GENETIC MARKERS; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; LOD SCORE; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0034599502     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(20000403)96:2<196::AID-AJMG15>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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