Psychiatry Research
Volume 144, Issue 2 , Pages 197-203 , 15 November 2006

Chromosomal fragile site expression in Turkish psychiatric patients

  • Deniz Taştemir

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Biology and Genetics, The Medical Faculty of Çukurova University, Balcalı, Adana, Turkey
    • ,
  • Osman Demirhan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Biology and Genetics, The Medical Faculty of Çukurova University, Balcalı, Adana, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +90 322 3387140; fax: +90 322 3386572.
    • ,
  • Yaşar Sertdemir

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, The Medical Faculty of Çukurova University, Balcalı, Adana, Turkey

Received 27 August 2002 ,Revised 5 October 2004 ,Accepted 22 February 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2005.02.010

Psychiatry Research
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