COMT genetic variation confers risk for psychotic and affective disorders: A case control study

Behavioral and Brain Functions

Volumn 1, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Funke, Birgit ^a   Malhotra, Anil K ^b   Finn, Christine T ^a   Plocik, Alex M ^a   Lake, Stephen L ^c   Lencz, Todd ^b   DeRosse, Pamela ^b   Kane, John M ^b   Kucherlapati, Raju ^a  

^a LABORATORY FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ZUCKER HILLSIDE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHIONINE; VALINE;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 33646009304     PISSN: 17449081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-9081-1-19     Document Type: Article

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