Schizophrenia Research
Volume 120, Issue 1 , Pages 108-112 , July 2010

Consanguinity and increased risk for schizophrenia in Egypt

  • Hader Mansour

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
    • Department of Psychiatry, Mansoura University School of Medicine, Mansoura, Egypt
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  • Warda Fathi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Mansoura University School of Medicine, Mansoura, Egypt
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  • Lambertus Klei

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
  • ,
  • Joel Wood

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
  • ,
  • Kodavali Chowdari

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
  • ,
  • Annie Watson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
  • ,
  • Ahmed Eissa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Mansoura University School of Medicine, Mansoura, Egypt
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  • Mai Elassy

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Mansoura University School of Medicine, Mansoura, Egypt
  • ,
  • Ibtihal Ali

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Mansoura University School of Medicine, Mansoura, Egypt
  • ,
  • Hala Salah

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Mansoura University School of Medicine, Mansoura, Egypt
  • ,
  • Amal Yassin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Mansoura University School of Medicine, Mansoura, Egypt
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  • Salwa Tobar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Mansoura University School of Medicine, Mansoura, Egypt
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  • Hala El-Boraie

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Mansoura University School of Medicine, Mansoura, Egypt
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  • Hanan Gaafar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Mansoura University School of Medicine, Mansoura, Egypt
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  • Nahed E. Ibrahim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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  • Kareem Kandil

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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  • Wafaa El-Bahaei

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Mansoura University School of Medicine, Mansoura, Egypt
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  • Osama El-Boraie

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Mansoura University School of Medicine, Mansoura, Egypt
  • ,
  • Mohamed Alatrouny

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Mansoura University School of Medicine, Mansoura, Egypt
  • ,
  • Farha El-Chennawi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Pathology, Mansoura University School of Medicine, Mansoura, Egypt
  • ,
  • Bernie Devlin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
    • Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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  • Vishwajit L. Nimgaonkar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
    • Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. WPIC, Room. 441, 3811 O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States. Tel.: +1 412 246 6353; fax: +1 412 246 6350.

Received 4 January 2010 ,Accepted 22 March 2010.

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PII: S0920-9964(10)01197-7

doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2010.03.026

Schizophrenia Research
Volume 120, Issue 1 , Pages 108-112 , July 2010