Association study of a SNP coding for a M129V substitution in the prion protein in schizophrenia [3]

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 289-291

  Rujescu, Dan ^a   Giegling, Ina ^a   Gietl, Anton ^a   Gonnermann, Claudia ^a   Kirner, Andre ^a   Möller, Hans Jürgen ^a   Dahmen, Norbert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHIONINE; PRION PROTEIN; VALINE;

ADULT; ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUCASIAN; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0038121676     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-9964(02)00343-2     Document Type: Letter

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