No Evidence of Association or Linkage Disequilibrium between Polymorphisms in the 5′ Upstream and Coding Regions of the Dopamine D4 Receptor Gene and Schizophrenia in a Portuguese Population

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 125 B, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 20-24

  Ambrósio, Alda M ^a   Kennedy, James L ^b   Macciardi, Fabio ^b   Barr, Cathy ^c   Soares, Maria J ^d   Oliveira, Catarina R ^a   Pato, Carlos N ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^e SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Veterans Administration   (United States)

Author keywords

Association study; Candidate gene; Dopamine D4 receptor; Haplotypes; Linkage disequilibrium; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE 4 RECEPTOR;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ALLELE; ARTICLE; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0942290688     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.20084     Document Type: Article

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