Polymorphisms of coding trinucleotide repeats of homeogenes in neurodevelopmental psychiatric disorders

Psychiatric Genetics

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 295-301

  Laroche, Fabrice ^a   Ramoz, Nicolas ^b   Leroy, Sophie ^c   Fortin, Célia ^d   Rousselot Paillet, Bérangère ^d,f   Philippe, Anne ^g   Colleaux, Laurence ^g   Bresson, Jean Louis ^e   Mogenet, Agnès ^e   Golse, Bernard ^d,f   Mouren Simeoni, Marie Christine ^b,h   Gorwood, Philip ^b   Galli, Thierry ^a   Simonneau, Michel ^b   Krebs, Marie Odile ^c   Robel, Laurence ^d,f,g  

^a INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d Service de Psychiatrie de l'Enfant et de l'Adolescent   (France)

^e ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^f Universite Paris Sud   (France)

^g HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^h HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Autism; DLX2; Engrailed genes; FOKP2; HOXA1; Mental retardation; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DLX 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DLX5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HOXA 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HOXA10; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DLX 2 GENE; FEMALE; FOXP 2 GENE; GENE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC STABILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOXA 1 GENE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

FEMALE; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 57149124362     PISSN: 09558829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YPG.0b013e3283060fa5     Document Type: Article

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