Sequence variants of the brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) gene are strongly associated with obsessive-compulsive disorder

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 370-376

  Hall, Diana ^a   Dhilla, Alefiya ^b   Charalambous, Anna ^a   Gogos, Joseph A ^b   Karayiorgou, Maria ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Dept of Physiol/Cell Biophysics ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 0042165043     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/377003     Document Type: Article

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