Anticipation and CAG·CTG repeat expansion in schizophrenia and bipolar affective disorder

Current Psychiatry Reports

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 145-154

  Fortune, M Teresa ^b   Kennedy, James L ^b   Vincent, John B ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CYTOSINE; DNA; GUANINE; ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; KLHL1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MESSENGER RNA; NERVE PROTEIN; SCA8 PROTEIN, HUMAN; T CELL FACTOR PROTEIN; TCF4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC STABILITY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; CHROMOSOME 13; CHROMOSOME 19; CHROMOSOME 5; CHROMOSOME MAP; EXON; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 13; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 19; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 5; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EXONS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RNA, MESSENGER; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TCF TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION;

EID: 0142259338     PISSN: 15233812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-003-0031-3     Document Type: Review

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