Replication of an association of a common variant in the Reelin gene (RELN) with schizophrenia in Ashkenazi Jewish women

Psychiatric Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 184-186

  Liu, Yaping ^a   Chen, Pei Lung ^a   McGrath, John ^b   Wolyniec, Paula ^b   Fallin, Daniele ^c   Nestadt, Gerald ^b   Liang, Kung Yee ^c   Pulver, Ann ^b   Valle, David ^a   Avramopoulos, Dimitrios ^a,b  

^a Institute of Genetic Medicine   (Spain)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Ashkenazi; association; endophenotype; Jewish; reelin; schizophrenia; sex specific

Indexed keywords

REELIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NERVE PROTEIN; REELIN PROTEIN; SCLEROPROTEIN; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; JEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES, NEURONAL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; JEWS; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

EID: 77954887954     PISSN: 09558829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YPG.0b013e32833a220b     Document Type: Article

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