Schizophrenia Research
Volume 67, Issue 1 , Pages 107-109 , 1 March 2004

Family-based association study of the functional monoamine oxidase A gene promoter polymorphism and schizophrenia

  • Jin-Bo Fan
    • ,
  • Mao-Sheng Yang
    • ,
  • Jun-Xia Tang
    • ,
  • Lin He

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Bio-X Life Science Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, P.O. Box 501, Hao Ran Building, 1954 Hua Shan Road, Shanghai 200030, PR China. Tel./fax: +86-21-62822491.

Received 28 May 2003

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PII: S0920-9964(03)00263-9

doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2003.08.004

Schizophrenia Research
Volume 67, Issue 1 , Pages 107-109 , 1 March 2004

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