Association analysis of COMT polymorphisms and schizophrenia in a Chinese han population: A case-control study

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 570-573

  Yu, Rui ^a,b,c   Zhang, Xian Ning ^a   Huang, Xiao Xiao ^a   Ding, Shi Ping ^a   Li, Ji Cheng ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Association study; COMT; Haplotype; Schizophrenia; Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHINESE; COMT GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; CHINA; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 34250852931     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.30487     Document Type: Article

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