Variants in the catechol-o-methyltransferase (COMT) gene are associated with schizophrenia in Irish high-density families

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 962-967

  Chen, X ^a   Wang, X ^a   O'Neill, A F ^b   Walsh, D ^c   Kendler, K S ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c HEALTH RESEARCH BOARD   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Association; Catechol o methyltransferase; Irish families; LD structure and haplotype; Schizophrenia; TDT tests

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; CATECHOLAMINE; DOPAMINE; METHIONINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NORADRENALIN; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; VALINE;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASHKENAZI JEW; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IRELAND; JEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARKER GENE; MENTAL DISEASE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN METHYLATION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ALLELES; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; IRELAND; JEWS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 6044246071     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4001519     Document Type: Article

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