Study of a possible role of the monoamine oxidase A (MAOA) gene in paranoid schizophrenia among a Chinese population

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 159 B, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 104-111

  Sun, Yuhui ^a   Zhang, Jiexu ^a   Yuan, Yanbo ^b   Yu, Xin ^b   Shen, Yan ^a   Xu, Qi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY SIXTH HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Haplotype; MAOA gene; MRNA expression; Paranoid schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME A; DNA MARKER; DOPAMINE; MESSENGER RNA; SEROTONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ADULT; ALLELES; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE; SCHIZOPHRENIA, PARANOID;

EID: 83755172049     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32009     Document Type: Article

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