Lack of association between the BDNF C270T polymorphism and schizophrenia in a Chinese Han population

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 97, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 297-298

  Li, Wenjun ^a   Wei, Jun ^a   Zhou, Dong Feng ^b   Tan, Yun Long ^c   Cao, Yuan Lian ^c   Wu, Guiying ^d   Kosten, Therese A ^d   Kosten, Thomas R ^d   Zhang, Xiang Yang ^c,d  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY SIXTH HOSPITAL   (China)

^c BEIJING HUILONGGUAN HOSPITAL   (China)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADULT; CHINESE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; ALLELES; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CHINA; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 36049013054     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2007.07.005     Document Type: Letter

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