Childhood-onset schizophrenia and tryptophan hydroxylase gene polymorphism

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 128 B, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 24-26

  Sekizawa, Takahiro ^a   Iwata, Yasuhide ^a   Nakamura, Kazuhiko ^a   Matsumoto, Hideo ^a   Suzuki, Atsuko ^a   Suzuki, Katsuaki ^a   Sekine, Yoshimoto ^a   Takei, Noriyoshi ^a,b,c   Minabe, Yoshio ^a   Mori, Norio ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Stanley Foundation Research Center   (Japan)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Association study; Childhood onset; Schizophrenia; Serotonin; Tryptophan hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 3042769501     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.30009     Document Type: Article

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