Genome-wide association study of restless legs syndrome identifies common variants in three genomic regions

Nature Genetics

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1000-1006

  Winkelmann, Juliane ^a,b,c   Schormair, Barbara ^a,c   Lichtner, Peter ^a,c   Ripke, Stephan ^b   Xiong, Lan ^d   Jalilzadeh, Shapour ^a,c   Fulda, Stephany ^b   Pütz, Benno ^b   Eckstein, Gertrud ^a,c   Hauk, Stephanie ^a,c   Trenkwalder, Claudia ^e   Zimprich, Alexander ^f   Stiasny Kolster, Karin ^g   Oertel, Wolfgang ^g   Bachmann, Cornelius G ^h   Paulus, Walter ^h   Peglau, Ines ⁱ   Eisensehr, Ilonka ^j   Montplaisir, Jacques ^k,l   Turecki, Gustavo ^m   Rouleau, Guy ^d   Gieger, Christian ^a   Illig, Thomas ^a   Wichmann, H Erich ^a,n   Holsboer, Florian ^b   Müller Myhsok, Bertram ^b   Meitinger, Thomas ^a,c,f   more..

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e Paracelsus Elena Hospital   (Germany)

^f MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^g PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

ⁱ Neurologische Praxis   (Germany)

^j Neurologische Praxis   (Germany)

^k HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^l UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^m DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BTBD9 PROTEIN; LADY BIRD HOMEOBOX 1 HOMOLOG COREPRESSOR 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MYELOID ECOTROPIC VIRAL INTEGRATION SITE 1; PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 15Q; CHROMOSOME 2P; CHROMOSOME 6P; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOMEOBOX; HUMAN; INTRON; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME;

EID: 34547497308     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: 15461718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng2099     Document Type: Article

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