COMT Val158Met polymorphism is related with interpersonal problem solving in schizophrenia

European Psychiatry

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 320-322

  Ucok A ^a   Ozturk M ^a   Duman, Z ^b   Saruhan Direskeneli, G ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Attention; Cognition; COMT Val158Met; Interpersonal problem solving; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

METHIONINE; VALINE;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; COGNITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCORING SYSTEM; SKILL; SYMPTOM; TASK PERFORMANCE; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELES; ATTENTION; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; COGNITION; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; METHIONINE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; VALINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956874433     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2010.01.012     Document Type: Article

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