Association of estrogen receptor alpha gene polymorphism with age at onset, general psychopathology symptoms, and therapeutic effect of schizophrenia

Behavioral and Brain Functions

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Wang, Shuai ^a,b   Li, Wenqiang ^a,b   Zhao, Jingyuan ^a   Zhang, Hongxing ^a,b   Yang, Yongfeng ^a,b   Wang, Xiujuan ^a,b   Yang, Ge ^a   Lv, Luxian ^a,b  

^a Department of Psychiatry   (China)

^b XINXIANG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Age at onset; Association; Estrogen receptor; Polymorphism; Schizophrenia; Symptom; Therapeutic effect

Indexed keywords

ARIPIPRAZOLE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; RISPERIDONE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARANOIA; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DNA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; PIPERAZINES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUINOLONES; RISPERIDONE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84874937156     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17449081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-9081-9-12     Document Type: Article

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