Female specific association between NNMT gene and schizophrenia in a Han Chinese population

International Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1234-1239

  Wang, Guo Xia ^a   Zhang, Yong ^a   Lv, Zhuang Wei ^b   Sun, Mao ^a   Wu, Dan ^a   Chen, Xin Yu ^a   Wu, Yuan Ming ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XINXIANG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Nicotinamide N methyltransferase(NNMT); Polymorphisms; rs694539; Schizophrenia (SZ)

Indexed keywords

NICOTINAMIDE METHYLTRANSFERASE; NNMT PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HAN CHINESE; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; NICOTINAMIDE METHYLTRANSFERASE GENE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NICOTINAMIDE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907864204     PISSN: 14491907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/ijms.9426     Document Type: Article

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