A missense polymorphism (H204R) of a Rho GTPase-activating protein, the chimerin 2 gene, is associated with schizophrenia in men [6]

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 73, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 383-385

  Hashimoto, Ryota ^a   Yoshida, Mariko ^a   Ozaki, Norio ^b   Yamanouchi, Yoshio ^c   Iwata, Nakao ^c   Suzuki, Tatsuyo ^c   Kitajima, Tsuyoshi ^c   Tatsumi, Masahiko ^d   Kamijima, Kunitoshi ^d   Kunugi, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHIMERIN; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ADULT; CHROMOSOME 7P; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LETTER; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ARGININE; CHIMERIN PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 7; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HISTIDINE; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION, MISSENSE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 19944429365     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2004.01.017     Document Type: Letter

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