A family-based study of genetic association of the PTGDS gene with schizophrenia in a Chinese population

^aResearch Center for Neuroscience and MH Radiobiology Research Unit, Jilin University, Changchun

^bJiangsu Province Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Nanjing, China

^cThe Ness Foundation, UHI Millennium Institute, Inverness, UK

Correspondence to Dr Jun Wei, MD, PhD, The Ness Foundation, UHI Millennium Institute, Dochfour Business Centre, Inverness IV3 8GY, UK

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^*Wenjun Li and Ran Tao contributed equally to this work.

Received 3 July 2007 Accepted 16 July 2007