Statistical epistasis and progressive brain change in schizophrenia: An approach for examining the relationships between multiple genes

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1093-1102

  Andreasen, N C ^a   Wilcox, M A ^a,b   Ho, B C ^a   Epping, E ^a   Ziebell, S ^a   Zeien, E ^a   Weiss, B ^a   Wassink, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b JOHNSON AND JOHNSON PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

epistasis; genomics; longitudinal studies; progressive brain change; schizophrenia; structural MR imaging

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; DISRUPTED IN SCHIZOPHRENIA 1 PROTEIN; DYSBINDIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 4; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NEU DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; PHOSPHODIESTERASE IV; REELIN; RGS4 PROTEIN;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC EPISTASIS; HUMAN; MACHINE LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ATROPHY; BRAIN; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROIMAGING; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 84867899777     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: 14765578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mp.2011.108     Document Type: Article

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