Schizophrenia Research
Volume 96, Issue 1 , Pages 93-99 , November 2007

Gene copy number variation in schizophrenia

  • Smitha R. Sutrala

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychological Medicine, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF14 4XN, UK
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  • Dirk Goossens

      Affiliations

    • Applied Molecular Genomics Group, Department of Molecular Genetics, VIB, Belgium
    • University of Antwerp (UA), Antwerpen, Belgium
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  • Nigel M. Williams

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychological Medicine, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF14 4XN, UK
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  • Lien Heyrman

      Affiliations

    • Applied Molecular Genomics Group, Department of Molecular Genetics, VIB, Belgium
    • University of Antwerp (UA), Antwerpen, Belgium
    • ,
  • Rolf Adolfsson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Sciences, Division of Psychiatry, University of Umeå, Sweden
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  • Nadine Norton

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychological Medicine, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF14 4XN, UK
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  • Paul R. Buckland

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychological Medicine, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF14 4XN, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 2920744840; fax: +44 2920746554.
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  • Jurgen Del-Favero

      Affiliations

    • Applied Molecular Genomics Group, Department of Molecular Genetics, VIB, Belgium
    • University of Antwerp (UA), Antwerpen, Belgium

Received 18 June 2007 ,Revised 25 July 2007 ,Accepted 27 July 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2007.07.029

Schizophrenia Research
Volume 96, Issue 1 , Pages 93-99 , November 2007

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