Tyrosine hydroxylase Val81Met polymorphism: Lack of association with schizophrenia

Psychiatric Genetics

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 273-274

  Andreou, Dimitrios ^a   Saetre, Peter ^a   Lundmark, Per ^a   Hansen, Thomas ^a   Timm, Sally ^a   Melle, Ingrid ^a   Djurovic, Srdjan ^a   Andreassen, Ole A ^a   Werge, Thomas ^a   Hall, Håkan ^a   Agartz, Ingrid ^a   Terenius, Lars ^a   Jönsson, Erik G ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHIONINE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; VALINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HUMAN; LETTER; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; METHIONINE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; VALINE;

EID: 76249083891     PISSN: 09558829     EISSN: 14735873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YPG.0b013e32832a4fcd     Document Type: Letter

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