Association analysis of COMT polymorphisms with schizophrenia and smooth pursuit eye movement abnormality

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 709-712

  Park, Byung Lae ^a   Shin, Hyoung Doo ^a,b   Cheong, Hyun Sub ^a   Park, Chul Soo ^c   Sohn, Jin Wook ^c   Kim, Bong Jo ^c   Seo, Han Kil ^c   Kim, Jae Won ^d   Kim, Ki Hoon ^e   Shin, Tae Min ^e   Choi, Ihn Geun ^f   Kim, Shin Gyeom ^g   Woo, Sung Il ^g  

^a SNP Genetics ^*  (South Korea)

^b Sogang University   (South Korea)

^c Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

^e Yonsei University Wonju   (South Korea)

^f Hallym University   (South Korea)

^g Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

COMT; Schizophrenia; Single nucleotide polymorphism; Smooth pursuit eye movement

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 22Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SMOOTH PURSUIT EYE MOVEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLELES; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 22; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PURSUIT, SMOOTH; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 73649132269     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jhg.2009.102     Document Type: Article

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