Psychiatry Research
Volume 109, Issue 2 , Pages 121-128 , 15 March 2002

Mutation screening of the human Clock gene in circadian rhythm sleep disorders

  • Toshio Iwase

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Saitama Medical School, 38 Morohongo, Moroyama-cho, Iruma-gun, Saitama 350-0495, Japan
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  • Naofumi Kajimura

      Affiliations

    • Musashi Hospital, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry (NCNP), Tokyo 187-0031, Japan
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  • Makoto Uchiyama

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychophysiology, NCNP, Chiba 272-0827, Japan
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  • Takashi Ebisawa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Saitama Medical School, 38 Morohongo, Moroyama-cho, Iruma-gun, Saitama 350-0495, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81-492-76-1213; fax: +81-492-76-1622
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  • Kimio Yoshimura

      Affiliations

    • Cancer Information and Epidemiology Division, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tokyo 104-0045, Japan
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  • Yuichi Kamei

      Affiliations

    • Kohnodai Hospital, NCNP, Chiba 272-0827, Japan
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  • Kayo Shibui

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychophysiology, NCNP, Chiba 272-0827, Japan
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  • Keiko Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Tokyo Women's Medical College, Tokyo 162-8666, Japan
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  • Yoshinao Kudo

      Affiliations

    • Kohnodai Hospital, NCNP, Chiba 272-0827, Japan
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  • Masaaki Katoh

      Affiliations

    • Musashi Hospital, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry (NCNP), Tokyo 187-0031, Japan
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  • Tsuyoshi Watanabe

      Affiliations

    • Musashi Hospital, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry (NCNP), Tokyo 187-0031, Japan
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  • Toru Nakajima

      Affiliations

    • Musashi Hospital, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry (NCNP), Tokyo 187-0031, Japan
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  • Yuji Ozeki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga 520-2192, Japan
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  • Mariko Sugishita

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Saitama Medical School, 38 Morohongo, Moroyama-cho, Iruma-gun, Saitama 350-0495, Japan
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  • Toru Hori

      Affiliations

    • Musashi Hospital, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry (NCNP), Tokyo 187-0031, Japan
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  • Masaaki Ikeda

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, Saitama Medical School, 38 Morohongo, Moroyama-cho, Iruma-gun, Saitama 350-0495, Japan
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  • Ryoichi Toyoshima

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Saitama Medical School, 38 Morohongo, Moroyama-cho, Iruma-gun, Saitama 350-0495, Japan
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  • Yuichi Inoue

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Juntendo University, School of Medicine, Tokyo 113-8431, Japan
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  • Naoto Yamada

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga 520-2192, Japan
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  • Kazuo Mishima

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Akita University School of Medicine, Akita 010-8543, Japan
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  • Masahiko Nomura

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, Saitama Medical School, 38 Morohongo, Moroyama-cho, Iruma-gun, Saitama 350-0495, Japan
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  • Norio Ozaki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Aichi 470-1192, Japan
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  • Masako Okawa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga 520-2192, Japan
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  • Kiyohisa Takahashi

      Affiliations

    • Musashi Hospital, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry (NCNP), Tokyo 187-0031, Japan
    • Kohnodai Hospital, NCNP, Chiba 272-0827, Japan
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  • Toshio Yamauchi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Saitama Medical School, 38 Morohongo, Moroyama-cho, Iruma-gun, Saitama 350-0495, Japan

Received 4 June 2001 ,Revised 2 January 2002 ,Accepted 15 January 2002.

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Psychiatry Research
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