Association study of candidate variants of COMT with neuroticism, anxiety and depression

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 147, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1314-1318

  Wray, Naomi R ^a   James, Michael R ^a   Dumenil, Troy ^a   Handoko, Herlina Y ^a   Lind, Penelope A ^a   Montgomery, Grant W ^a   Martin, Nicholas G ^a  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Association; COMT; Major depression; Neuroticism

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROSIS; PANIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ANXIETY; AUSTRALIA; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DEPRESSION; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEX FACTORS; SIBLINGS; TWINS;

EID: 55349110677     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.30744     Document Type: Article

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