Lack of evidence to support the association of the human prion gene with schizophrenia

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 74-78

  Tsai, M T ^a   Su, Y C ^b   Chen, Y H ^b   Chen, C H ^a,b  

^a BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b Institute of Human Genetics   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Genetics; Mutation; Polymorphism; Prion; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; LYSINE; METHIONINE; PRION PROTEIN; SERINE; VALINE;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXON; FAMILY STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MENTAL DISEASE; MISSENSE MUTATION; PRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TAIWAN;

CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PRIONS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TAIWAN;

EID: 0035137101     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4000790     Document Type: Article

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