No association between brain-derived neurotrophic factor gene and obsessive-compulsive disorder

Psychiatric Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 235-

  Zai, Gwyneth ^a,b   Arnold, Paul ^a,b   Strauss, John ^a,b   King, Nicole ^b   Burroughs, Eliza ^b   Richter, Margaret A ^b,c   Kennedy, James L ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; ONSET AGE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; GENETICS; LETTER;

AGE OF ONSET; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; HUMANS; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 33645733201     PISSN: 09558829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00041444-200512000-00002     Document Type: Article

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