COMT Val158Met polymorphism in schizophrenia with obsessive-compulsive disorder: A case-control study

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 389, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-24

  Poyurovsky, Michael ^a,b   Michaelovsky, Elena ^c   Frisch, Amos ^c   Knoll, Gabriela ^d   Amir, Ilan ^e   Finkel, Boris ^f   Buniak, Feodor ^g   Hermesh, Haggai ^c,h   Weizman, Ronit ^c,e  

^a Technion Medical School   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d SHA'AR MENASHE MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^e TEL AVIV COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^f LEV HASHARON MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^g Mazra Mental Health Center   (Israel)

^h GEHA MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Catechol O methyltransferase (COMT); Functional polymorphism; Genetic association; Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD); Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHIONINE; VALINE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; GENETICS; MISSENSE MUTATION; REFERENCE VALUE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHIONINE; MUTATION, MISSENSE; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REFERENCE VALUES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; VALINE;

EID: 24044493584     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2005.06.064     Document Type: Article

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