Further tests of the association between schizophrenia and single nucleotide polymorphism markers at the catechol-O-methyltransferase locus in an Askenazi Jewish population using microsatellite markers

Psychiatric Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 163-169

  Horowitz, Anat ^a   Shifman, Sagiv ^a   Rivlin, Nehama ^a   Pisanté, Anne ^a   Darvasi, Ariel ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Association; Catechol O methyl transferase; Microsatellites; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

BASE SEQUENCE; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA PRIMERS; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; JEWS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 24144492787     PISSN: 09558829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00041444-200509000-00005     Document Type: Article

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