Polymorphisms in the promoter region of the alpha1a-adrenoceptor gene are associated with schizophrenia/schizoaffective disorder in a Spanish isolate population

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 435-439

  Clark, Dan A ^a   Arranz, Maria J ^a   Mata, Ignacio ^a,b   Lopéz Ilundain, Jose ^b   Pérez Nievas, Fernando ^b   Kerwin, Robert W ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Fundacion Argibide   (Spain)

Author keywords

ADRA1A; Alpha1A adrenergic receptor; promoter; schizoaffective disorder; schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-1; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SPAIN;

EID: 25844477122     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2005.04.051     Document Type: Article

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