Brain-derived neurotrophic factor: A genetic risk factor for obsessive-compulsive disorder and tourette syndrome?

Movement Disorders

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 881-883

  Klaffke, Stefanie ^a   König, Inke R ^b   Poustka, Fritz ^c   Ziegler, Andreas ^b   Hebebrand, Johannes ^d   Bandmann, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

BDNF; OCD; Tourette syndrome; Val66Met

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CHILD; DNA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; METHIONINE; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK FACTORS; TOURETTE SYNDROME; VALINE;

EID: 33745835110     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.20849     Document Type: Article

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