Schizophrenia Research
Volume 76, Issue 2 , Pages 231-238 , 15 July 2005

Investigation of the apolipoprotein-L (APOL) gene family and schizophrenia using a novel DNA pooling strategy for public database SNPs

  • Kevin A. McGhee

      Affiliations

    • Neuropsychiatric Genetics Group, Institute of Molecular Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, St. James Hospital, James Street, Dublin 8, Ireland
    • The authors contributed equally to this work.
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  • Derek W. Morris

      Affiliations

    • Neuropsychiatric Genetics Group, Institute of Molecular Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, St. James Hospital, James Street, Dublin 8, Ireland
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  • Siobhan Schwaiger

      Affiliations

    • Neuropsychiatric Genetics Group, Institute of Molecular Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, St. James Hospital, James Street, Dublin 8, Ireland
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  • Jeanne-Marie Nangle

      Affiliations

    • Neuropsychiatric Genetics Group, Institute of Molecular Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, St. James Hospital, James Street, Dublin 8, Ireland
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  • Gary Donohoe

      Affiliations

    • Neuropsychiatric Genetics Group, Institute of Molecular Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, St. James Hospital, James Street, Dublin 8, Ireland
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  • Sarah Clarke

      Affiliations

    • Neuropsychiatric Genetics Group, Institute of Molecular Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, St. James Hospital, James Street, Dublin 8, Ireland
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  • David Meagher

      Affiliations

    • Stanley Research Unit, St. Davnet's Hospital, Monaghan, Ireland
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  • John Quinn

      Affiliations

    • Stanley Research Unit, St. Davnet's Hospital, Monaghan, Ireland
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  • Paul Scully

      Affiliations

    • Stanley Research Unit, St. Davnet's Hospital, Monaghan, Ireland
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  • John L. Waddington

      Affiliations

    • Stanley Research Unit, St. Davnet's Hospital, Monaghan, Ireland
    • Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Royal College of Surgeons, 123 St. Stephen's Green, Dublin 2, Ireland
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  • Michael Gill

      Affiliations

    • Neuropsychiatric Genetics Group, Institute of Molecular Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, St. James Hospital, James Street, Dublin 8, Ireland
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  • Aiden Corvin

      Affiliations

    • Neuropsychiatric Genetics Group, Institute of Molecular Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, St. James Hospital, James Street, Dublin 8, Ireland
    • The authors contributed equally to this work.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +353 1 608 3272; fax: +353 1 679 8558.

Received 24 November 2004 ,Revised 12 January 2005 ,Accepted 17 January 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2005.01.006

Schizophrenia Research
Volume 76, Issue 2 , Pages 231-238 , 15 July 2005

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