Schizophrenia Research
Volume 84, Issue 2 , Pages 222-227 , June 2006

Population-based and family-based association studies of an (AC)n dinucleotide repeat in α-7 nicotinic receptor subunit gene and schizophrenia

  • Jin-Bo Fan

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Nutritional Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 200031, China
    • Bio-X Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200030, China
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
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  • Jie Ma

      Affiliations

    • Bio-X Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200030, China
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
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  • Xing-Wang Li

      Affiliations

    • Bio-X Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200030, China
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  • Chang-Shun Zhang

      Affiliations

    • Bio-X Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200030, China
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  • Wei-Wei Sun

      Affiliations

    • Bio-X Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200030, China
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  • Guang He

      Affiliations

    • Bio-X Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200030, China
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  • Niu-Fan Gu

      Affiliations

    • Shanghai Institute of Mental Health, Shanghai, 200030, China
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  • Guo-Yin Feng

      Affiliations

    • Shanghai Institute of Mental Health, Shanghai, 200030, China
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  • David St Clair

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mental Health, University of Aberdeen, Medical School, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, AB25 2ZD, UK
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  • Lin He

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Nutritional Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 200031, China
    • Bio-X Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200030, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Bio-X Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1954 Hua Shan Rd, Shanghai 200030, PR China. Tel./fax: +86 21 62822491.

Received 21 December 2005 ,Revised 3 February 2006 ,Accepted 15 February 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2006.02.012

Schizophrenia Research
Volume 84, Issue 2 , Pages 222-227 , June 2006

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