Schizophrenia Research
Volume 118, Issue 1 , Pages 106-112 , May 2010

Failure to find an association between myosin heavy chain 9, non-muscle (MYH9) and schizophrenia: A three-stage case–control association study

  • Hideki Amagane

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, 757 Asahimachidori-ichibancho, Chuo-ku, Niigata 951-8510, Japan
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
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  • Yuichiro Watanabe

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, 757 Asahimachidori-ichibancho, Chuo-ku, Niigata 951-8510, Japan
    • Health Administration Center, Niigata University, 8050 Ikarashi-ninocho, Nishi-ku, Niigata 950-2181, Japan
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
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  • Naoshi Kaneko

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, 757 Asahimachidori-ichibancho, Chuo-ku, Niigata 951-8510, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 25 227 2213; fax: +81 25 227-0777.
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  • Ayako Nunokawa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, 757 Asahimachidori-ichibancho, Chuo-ku, Niigata 951-8510, Japan
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  • Tatsuyuki Muratake

      Affiliations

    • Furumachi Mental Clinic, 608 Furumachidori-gobancho, Chuo-ku, Niigata 951-8063, Japan
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  • Hiroki Ishiguro

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Genetics, Doctoral Program in Social and Environmental Medicine, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8575, Japan
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  • Tadao Arinami

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Genetics, Doctoral Program in Social and Environmental Medicine, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8575, Japan
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  • Hiroshi Ujike

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Okayama University, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Okayama 700-8558, Japan
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  • Toshiya Inada

      Affiliations

    • Seiwa Hospital, Institute of Neuropsychiatry, 91 Bentencho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0851, Japan
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  • Nakao Iwata

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi 470-1192, Japan
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  • Hiroshi Kunugi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mental Disorder Research, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, 4-1-1 Ogawahigashi, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8502, Japan
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  • Tsukasa Sasaki

      Affiliations

    • Health Service Center, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan
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  • Ryota Hashimoto

      Affiliations

    • The Osaka-Hamamatsu Joint Research Center for Child Mental Development, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, D3, 2-2, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 5650871, Japan
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  • Masanari Itokawa

      Affiliations

    • Schizophrenia Research Project, Tokyo Institute of Psychiatry, 2-1-8 Kamikitazawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 156-8585, Japan
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  • Norio Ozaki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Nagoya University, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8550, Japan
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  • Toshiyuki Someya

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, 757 Asahimachidori-ichibancho, Chuo-ku, Niigata 951-8510, Japan

Received 30 October 2009 ,Revised 26 January 2010 ,Accepted 27 January 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2010.01.023

Schizophrenia Research
Volume 118, Issue 1 , Pages 106-112 , May 2010

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