Failure to replicate an association between the catechol-O-methyltransferase polymorphism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in a second, independently recruited Israeli cohort

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 858-860

  Manor, Iris ^a   Kotler, Moshe ^b   Sever, Yonathan ^a   Eisenberg, Jacques ^c   Cohen, Hagit ^b   Ebstein, Richard P ^c   Tyano, Samuel ^a  

^a GEHA MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c HERZOG HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Association; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD); Catechol O methyltransferase (COMT); Complex genetic disease; Haplotype relative risk; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HAPLOTYPE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; ISRAEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

GENETTA;

EID: 0034606270     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1096-8628(20001204)96:6<858::aid-ajmg33>3.0.co;2-8     Document Type: Article

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