No abnormality in the gene for the G protein stimulatory α subunit in patients with bipolar disorder

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 44-48

  Ram, Anca ^a   Guedj, Françoise ^a   Cravchik, Anibal ^a   Weinstein, Lee ^b   Cao, Qiuhe ^a   Badner, Judith A ^a   Goldin, Lynn R ^a   Grisaru, Nimrod ^c   Manji, Husseini K ^a   Belmaker, Robert H ^c   Gershon, Elliot S ^a   Gejman, Pablo V ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; STIMULATORY GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ALPHA CHAIN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; PROMOTER REGION;

EID: 15444342051     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1997.01830130048010     Document Type: Article

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