Association of COMT genotypes with S-COMT promoter methylation in growth-discordant monozygotic twins and healthy adults

BMC Medical Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Schreiner, Felix ^a   El Maarri, Osman ^a   Gohlke, Bettina ^a   Stutte, Sonja ^a   Nuesgen, Nicole ^a   Mattheisen, Manuel ^a   Fimmers, Rolf ^a   Bartmann, Peter ^a   Oldenburg, Johannes ^a   Woelfle, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; SOLUBLE CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; METHYLATION; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL GROWTH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; COHORT ANALYSIS; DNA METHYLATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HAPLOTYPE; NEWBORN ANEMIA; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGION; TWIN TWIN TRANSFUSION SYNDROME; TWINS;

ADULT; ALLELES; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASES IN TWINS; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; FETOFETAL TRANSFUSION; GENOTYPE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 80052169987     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2350-12-115     Document Type: Article

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