Variants in the catechol-o-methyltransferase (COMT) gene are associated with schizophrenia in Irish high-density families.

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Published in Mol Psychiatry on October 01, 2004

Authors

X Chen1, X Wang, A F O'Neill, D Walsh, K S Kendler

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Psychiatry and Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavior Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, 800 E. Leigh Street, Richmond, VA 23298, USA. xchen@vcu.edu

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