COMT Val 158Met and BDNF C 270T polymorphisms in schizophrenia: A case-control study

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-30

  Galderisi, Silvana ^a   Maj, Mario ^a   Kirkpatrick, Brian ^b   Piccardi, Paola ^c   Mucci, Armida ^a   Invernizzi, Giordano ^d   Rossi, Alessandro ^e   Pini, Stefano ^f   Vita, Antonio ^d   Cassano, Paolo ^f   Stratta, Paolo ^e   Severino, Giovanni ^c   Del Zompo, Maria ^c  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain derived neurotrophic factor gene; Catechol O methyl transferase gene; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENE LOCATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ALLELES; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 9644257263     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2004.06.017     Document Type: Article

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