A variant in the reelin gene increases the risk of schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder but not bipolar disorder

Psychiatric Genetics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 212-

  Pisanté, Anne ^a   Bronstein, Michal ^a   Yakir, Benjamin ^a   Darvasi, Ariel ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REELIN;

ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES, NEURONAL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

EID: 68949178688     PISSN: 09558829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YPG.0b013e32832cebe6     Document Type: Article

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