Variation in the coding sequence and flanking splice junctions of the estrogen receptor alpha (ERα) gene does not play an important role in genetic susceptibility to bipolar disorder or bipolar affective puerperal psychosis

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 118 B, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 72-75

  Middle, Fiona ^a   Jones, Ian ^a   Robertson, Emma ^a   Morey, Jaime ^a   Lendon, Corinne ^a   Craddock, Nick ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Association study; Bipolar disorder; Estrogen receptor; Gene; Puerperal psychosis

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; DNA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA FLANKING REGION; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEGREGATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOOD DISORDER; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL PSYCHOSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; AGED; ALLELE; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MIDDLE AGED; POINT MUTATION; PSYCHOSIS; PUERPERAL DISORDER;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELES; ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION, MISSENSE; POINT MUTATION; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0038755193     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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