Frequency of the 17-bp variable number of tandem repeat polymorphism in Turkish schizophrenic patients

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 99-100

  Herken, Hasan ^a   Emin Erdal, M ^a   Sukru Aynacioglu A ^a   Barlas, Ömer ^a   Cataloluk, Osman ^a   Esgi, Koray ^a   Brockmöller, Jurgen ^b   Kaiser, Rolf ^b  

^a GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

CARRIER PROTEINS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; TURKEY;

EID: 0036842377     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-9964(01)00391-7     Document Type: Letter

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