Association Between Polymorphisms in GRIK2 Gene and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Family-Based Study

CNS Neuroscience and Therapeutics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 141-147

  Sampaio, Aline S ^a   Fagerness, Jesen ^b   Crane, Jacquelyn ^b   Leboyer, Marion ^c,d   Delorme, Richard ^c,e   Pauls, David L ^b   Stewart, S Evelyn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^e HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Genes; Glutamate receptors; Kainate; Obsessive compulsive disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENE; GENOTYPE; GRIK2 GENE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955721216     PISSN: 17555930     EISSN: 17555949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-5949.2009.00130.x     Document Type: Article

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