COMT: A common susceptibility gene in bipolar disorder and schizophrenia

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 128 B, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 61-64

  Shifman, Sagiv ^a   Bronstein, Michal ^b   Sternfeld, Meira ^b   Pisanté, Anne ^a   Weizman, Avraham ^c   Reznik, Ilya ^d   Spivak, Baruch ^d   Grisaru, Nimrod ^e   Karp, Leon ^c   Schiffer, Richard ^f   Kotler, Moshe ^g,h   Strous, Rael D ^g,h   Swartz Vanetik, Marnina ⁱ   Knobler, Haim Y ^j   Shinar, Eilat ^k   Yakir, Benjamin ^a   Zak, Naomi B ^b   Darvasi, Ariel ^a,b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b IDgene Pharmaceuticals Ltd   (Israel)

^c GEHA MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^d NESS ZIONA MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^e BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^f L Hasharon Comm Mental Hlth Clin   (Israel)

^g Mental Health Center Be'er Ya'akov   (Israel)

^h TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

ⁱ ABARBANEL MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^j Kfar Shaul Hospital   (Israel)

^k MAGEN DAVID ADOM   (Israel)

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Author keywords

Ashkenazi Jews; Association; Bipolar affective disorder; Catechol O methyltransferase; Linkage disequilibrium; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ALLELISM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHROMOSOME 22Q; CLINICAL MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 3042806953     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.30032     Document Type: Article

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