Revisiting the methylation hypothesis for the psychoses

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 721-

  Peedicayil, Jacob ^a   Subbanna, Prasanna Kumar T ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 67; METHIONINE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; REELIN;

BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA METHYLATION; HUMAN; LETTER; METABOLIC DISORDER; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; DNA METHYLATION; HUMANS; METHYLATION; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 33845958190     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2006.08.009     Document Type: Letter

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