Association of SNPs in
the NgR gene with schizophrenia has previously been found in various
Caucasian populations [9,23], but not in Chinese [26] and Japanese populations
[27], with only a weak association found in Afrikaners [28].
While the present study did not find any significant associations with
schizophrenia and either of our investigated intronic NgR SNPs,
rs701427 and rs696880 which have been examined in other schizophrenia
populations [9]