Regulator of G-protein signaling 4 (RGS4) gene is associated with schizophrenia in Irish high density families

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 129 B, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-26

  Chen, Xiangning ^a   Dunham, Cynthia ^a   Kendler, Seth ^a   Wang, Xu ^a   O'Neill, F Anthony ^b   Walsh, Dermot ^c   Kendler, Kenneth S ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c HEALTH RESEARCH BOARD   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Association; Haplotype; Iris families; Linkage disequilibrium; RGS4; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

GUANINE; RGS PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; IRELAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RGS4 GENE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

IRIDACEAE;

EID: 3342875632     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.30078     Document Type: Article

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