Evaluation of conserved and ultra-conserved non-genic sequences in chromosome 15q15-linked periodic catatonia

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 159 B, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 77-86

  Schanze, Denny ^a   Ekici, Arif B ^a   Pfuhlmann, Bruno ^b   Reis, André ^a   Stöber, Gerald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Association; Catatonia; Conserved non genic; MEIS2; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; SPACER DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CATATONIA; CHROMOSOME 15Q; CONSERVED NON GENIC SEQUENCE ELEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENE; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOCORTEX; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ULTRA CONSERVED NON GENIC SEQUENCE ELEMENT;

ANIMALS; BASE PAIRING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATATONIA; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 15; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MUTATION; PEDIGREE;

EID: 83755163033     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32004     Document Type: Article

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