Schizophrenia Research
Volume 98, Issue 1 , Pages 84-88 , January 2008

Prevalence of 22q11.2 deletions in 311 Dutch patients with schizophrenia

  • Mechteld L.C. Hoogendoorn

      Affiliations

    • Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +31 302501783, +31 302523219; fax: +31 302505443.
    • Both authors contributed equally to this study.
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  • Jacob A.S. Vorstman

      Affiliations

    • Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands
    • Division of Human Genetics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
    • Both authors contributed equally to this study.
    • ,
  • Gholam R. Jalali

      Affiliations

    • Division of Human Genetics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
    • ,
  • Jean-Paul Selten

      Affiliations

    • Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Richard J. Sinke

      Affiliations

    • Complex Genetics Section, Department of Biomedical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Universiteitsweg 100, 3584 CG Utrecht, the Netherlands
    • ,
  • Beverly S. Emanuel

      Affiliations

    • Division of Human Genetics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
    • ,
  • René S. Kahn

      Affiliations

    • Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands

Received 14 June 2007 ,Revised 8 September 2007 ,Accepted 18 September 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2007.09.025

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