Modest evidence for linkage and possible confirmation of association between NOTCH4 and schizophrenia in a large veterans affairs cooperative study sample

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 118 B, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 8-15

  Skol, A D ^a   Young, K A ^b   Tsuang, D W ^c   Faraone, S V ^d,e,f   Haverstock, S L ^b   Bingham, S ^b   Prabhudesai, S ^b   Mena, F ^b   Menon, A S ^b   Yu, Chang En ^g   Rudell, Paul ^g   Pepple, J ^d,f   Sauter, F ^h   Baldwin, C ^b   Weiss, D ^b   Collins, J ^b   Keith, T ^a   Boehnke, M ^a   Schellenberg, Gerard D ^g,i   Tsuang, M T ^d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Brockton W Roxbury Vet Aff M C   (United States)

^e Harvard Inst Psychiat E/G   (United States)

^f HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^h VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Association; Chromosome 6; Genetics; Linkage; NOTCH4; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

NOTCH RECEPTOR; NOTCH4 RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; NOTCH4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; ONCOPROTEIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARKER GENE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOLDIER; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; MALE;

GENETTA;

ALLELES; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKERS; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; LOD SCORE; MALE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0041318853     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.10055     Document Type: Article

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