Critical Reappraisal of a Catechol-O-Methyltransferase Transversion Variant in Schizophrenia

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Sand, Philipp G ^a   Domani, Martina ^a   Smesny, Stefan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ALLELE; DNA STRAND; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ALLELES; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 77949488208     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2009.10.037     Document Type: Letter

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