No genetic association between tryptophan hydroxylase 2 gene polymorphisms and Japanese schizophrenia

Psychiatric Genetics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 123-

  Higashi, Shinji ^a   Ohnuma, Tohru ^a   Shibata, Nobuto ^a   Higashi, Maiko ^a   Matsubara, Yoichiro ^a   Arai, Heii ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE 2;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; JAPAN; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

EID: 34247167024     PISSN: 09558829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YPG.0b013e328011c01a     Document Type: Article

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