NRG1 and BDNF genes in schizophrenia: An association study in an Italian case-control sample

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 82-84

  Squassina, Alessio ^a   Piccardi, Paola ^a   Del Zompo, Maria ^a   Rossi, Alessandro ^b   Vita, Antonio ^c   Pini, Stefano ^d   Mucci, Armida ^e   Galderisi, Silvana ^e  

^a Section of Clinical Pharmacology   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^e SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gene gene interaction; Haplotype; Neurotrophins

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; METHIONINE; NEU DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; VALINE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS;

ADULT; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUREGULIN-1; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 76549133753     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2009.03.017     Document Type: Article

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