Sex differences in the genetic risk for schizophrenia: History of the evidence for sex-specific and sex-dependent effects

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 162, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 698-710

  Goldstein, Jill M ^a,b,c   Cherkerzian, Sara ^a,b   Tsuang, Ming T ^c,d,e   Petryshen, Tracey L ^b,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic transmission; Hormones; Psychoses; Sex chromosomes; Sex specificity

Indexed keywords

METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 137; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL; ZINC FINGER NUCLEASE;

CHROMOSOME 5; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; TWINS; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

GENETIC TRANSMISSION; HORMONES; PSYCHOSES; SEX CHROMOSOMES; SEX-SPECIFICITY;

FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX CHROMOSOMES;

EID: 84885790133     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32159     Document Type: Review

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