Evidence of an association between bipolar disorder and rs16917237 in the BDNF gene in a Bulgarian sample

Psychiatric Genetics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 141-142

  Ivanova, Mina A ^a,b   Christova, Tanya N ^b   Asan, Turan S ^b   Djurova, Nikolina A ^b   Alexiev, Spiridon S ^b   Kostov, Christian S ^b   Chorbov, Vesselin M ^b,c   Stoyanova, Vessela S ^b   Onchev, George N ^b   Kancheva, Dahlia M ^a   Krastev, Stefan K ^b   Vladimirova, Rossitza K ^b   Kremensky, Ivo M ^a,b   Mitev, Vanio ^a,c   Milanova, Vihra K ^b   Kaneva, Radka P ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ALEXANDROVSKA   (Bulgaria)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ALLELE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BULGARIA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA EXTRACTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR DEPRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BULGARIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS;

EID: 84876849124     PISSN: 09558829     EISSN: 14735873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YPG.0b013e32835d7225     Document Type: Letter

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