Catechol-O-methyltransferase gene Val108/158Met polymorphism, and susceptibility to schizophrenia: Association is more significant in women

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 51-56

  Sazci, Ali ^a   Ergul, Emel ^a   Kucukali, Ismail ^b   Kilic, Gamze ^c   Kaya, Guner ^c   Kara, Ihsan ^c  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Istanbul Turkey ^*  (Turkey)

^c ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Association; COMT; Erenkoy; Polymorphism; Schizophrenia; Sex stratification; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CATECHOL O METHYLTRANSFERASE GENE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; METHIONINE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX FACTORS; TURKEY; VALINE;

EID: 8844248677     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbrainres.2004.09.005     Document Type: Article

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