Schizophrenia Research
Volume 84, Issue 2 , Pages 236-243 , June 2006

Genetic analysis of the human ENTH (Epsin 4) gene and schizophrenia

  • Ying-Jay Liou

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Department of Psychiatry, Yuli Veterans Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
    • Division of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Research, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli, Taiwan
    • ,
  • I-Ching Lai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Yuli Veterans Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
    • Division of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Research, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli, Taiwan
    • Institute of Medical Science, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Ying-Chieh Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Yuli Veterans Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
    • Institute of Medical Science, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Ya-Mei Bai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Yuli Veterans Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
    • Institute of Public Health, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chao-Cheng Lin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Yuli Veterans Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
    • Institute of Medical Science, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chih-Yuan Lin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Yuli Veterans Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Tzu-Ting Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Yuli Veterans Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
    • Graduate Institute of Behavior Sciences, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Jen-Yeu Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Yuli Veterans Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychiatry, Yuli Veterans Hospital, Yuli, Hualien 981, Taiwan. Tel.: +886 3 8883141x312, 645; fax: +886 3 8887091.

Received 10 November 2005 ,Revised 25 February 2006 ,Accepted 26 February 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2006.02.021

Schizophrenia Research
Volume 84, Issue 2 , Pages 236-243 , June 2006

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