Volume 12, Issue 3 (May 2010) 12, 453–454; 10.1038/aja.2010.13

Association between paternal schizophrenia and low birthweight: ADAM12 may matter

Hans-Gert Bernstein¹, Susan Müller¹, Johann Steiner¹, Nadine Farkas¹, Bernhard Bogerts¹, Uwe Lendeckel²

1 Department of Psychiatry, University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg D-39120, Germany
2 Institute of Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Greifswald, Greifswald D-17487, Germany

Correspondence: Dr Hans-Gert Bernstein,Hans-Gert.Bernstein@med.ovgu.de

Received: 20 November 2009 Revised: 18 January 2010 Accepted: 9 February 2010 Published online: 22 March 2010