Schizophrenia Research
Volume 120, Issue 1 , Pages 159-166 , July 2010

Lymphoblast and brain expression of AHI1 and the novel primate-specific gene, C6orf217, in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder

  • Alexandra Slonimsky

      Affiliations

    • Biological Psychiatry Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
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  • Itzchak Levy

      Affiliations

    • Psychiatry Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev and Mental Health Center, Beer Sheva, Israel
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  • Yoav Kohn

      Affiliations

    • Biological Psychiatry Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
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  • Amihai Rigbi

      Affiliations

    • Biological Psychiatry Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
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  • Edna Ben-Asher

      Affiliations

    • Department of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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  • Doron Lancet

      Affiliations

    • Department of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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  • Galila Agam

      Affiliations

    • Psychiatry Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev and Mental Health Center, Beer Sheva, Israel
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  • Bernard Lerer

      Affiliations

    • Biological Psychiatry Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +972 2 6777185; fax: +972 2 6439294.

Received 11 February 2010 ,Revised 26 March 2010 ,Accepted 30 March 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2010.03.041

Schizophrenia Research
Volume 120, Issue 1 , Pages 159-166 , July 2010

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