Association between the COMT locus and obsessive-compulsive disorder in females but not males

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 116-120

  Alsobrook II, John P ^a   Zohar, Ada H ^b   Leboyer, Marion ^c   Chabane, Nadia ^d   Ebstein, Richard P ^e   Pauls, David L ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^d HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^e HERZOG HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Association study; Haplotype relative risk; Sexualdimorphism; Transmission disequilibrium

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ADOLESCENT; ALLELE; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ALLELES; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 70350199597     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.10040     Document Type: Article

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