No evidence for linkage or association of neuregulin-1 (NRG1) with disease in the Irish study of high-density schizophrenia families (ISHDSF)

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 777-783

  Thiselton, D L ^a,d   Webb, B T ^a   Neale, B M ^a   Ribble, R C ^a   O'Neill, F A ^b   Walsh, D ^c   Riley, B P ^a   Kendler, K S ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c HEALTH RESEARCH BOARD   (Ireland)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease susceptibility; Microsatellite repeats; Neuregulin 1; Schizophrenia; Single nucleotide polymorphisms; Statistics

Indexed keywords

NEU DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; MARKER;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 8P; CHROMOSOME POLYMORPHISM; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; UNITED KINGDOM; CALCULATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 8; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 4243147180     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4001530     Document Type: Article

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