DNA methyltransferase 3B gene increases risk of early onset schizophrenia

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 462, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 308-311

  Zhang, Chen ^a   Fang, Yiru ^a   Xie, Bin ^a   Cheng, Wenhong ^a   Du, Yasong ^a   Wang, Dongxiang ^a   Yu, Shunying ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese Han population; DNA methyltransferase 3b; Haplotype; Polymorphism; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3B;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 67849086549     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.06.085     Document Type: Article

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