Relationship between the COMT-Val158Met and BDNF-Val66Met polymorphisms, childhood trauma and psychotic experiences in an adolescent general population sample

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Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Ramsay, Hugh ^a   Kelleher, Ian ^b   Flannery, Padraig ^a   Clarke, Mary C ^a   Lynch, Fionnuala ^c   Harley, Michelle ^a,d   Connor, Dearbhla ^a   Fitzpatrick, Carol ^e   Morris, Derek W ^f   Cannon, Mary ^a  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c Lucena Clinic   (Ireland)

^d St Vincent's Hospital Ireland   (Ireland)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^f TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHIONINE; VALINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; CHILD; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84892389027     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079741     Document Type: Article

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