DNA methylation evidence against the accelerated aging hypothesis of schizophrenia

npj Schizophrenia

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  McKinney, Brandon C ^a   Lin, Huang ^b   Ding, Ying ^b   Lewis, David A ^a   Sweet, Robert A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGE ACCELERATION; AGING; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS;

EID: 85056221076     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2334265X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41537-017-0017-5     Document Type: Article

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