Schizophrenia Research
Volume 67, Issue 1 , Pages 53-62 , 1 March 2004

Meta-analysis of association between the T102C polymorphism of the 5HT2a receptor gene and schizophrenia

  • Hamid Mostafavi Abdolmaleky

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Mental Health Center, Boston, MA, USA
    • Harvard Institute of Psychiatric Epidemiology and Genetics, Boston, MA, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, Tehran Institute of Psychiatry, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
    • ,
  • Stephen V Faraone

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Mental Health Center, Boston, MA, USA
    • Harvard Institute of Psychiatric Epidemiology and Genetics, Boston, MA, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
    • ,
  • Stephen J Glatt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Mental Health Center, Boston, MA, USA
    • Harvard Institute of Psychiatric Epidemiology and Genetics, Boston, MA, USA
    • ,
  • Ming T Tsuang

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Mental Health Center, 74 Fenwood Road, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Tel.: +1-617-734-6546; fax: +1-617-734-7915.
    • Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Mental Health Center, Boston, MA, USA
    • Harvard Institute of Psychiatric Epidemiology and Genetics, Boston, MA, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
    • Psychiatry Service, Brockton-West Roxbury Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Brockton, MA, USA
    • Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA

Received 3 December 2002 ,Revised 28 May 2003 ,Accepted 29 May 2003.

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doi: 10.1016/S0920-9964(03)00183-X

Schizophrenia Research
Volume 67, Issue 1 , Pages 53-62 , 1 March 2004

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