The erosion of phenotypic specificity in psychiatric genetics: Emerging lessons from CNTNAP2

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 816-817

  State, Matthew W ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTACTIN ASSOCIATED PROTEIN LIKE 2; DNA; PROTEIN; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANXIETY DISORDER; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; CHROMOSOME 16P; CHROMOSOME DELETION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EPILEPSY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NOTE; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PSYCHIATRIC GENETICS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 79954584557     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2011.03.021     Document Type: Note

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