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Association study of the CACN1A4 (SCA6) triplet repeat and schizophrenia.
Psychiatric genetics - 1 Jun 1999
Breen G, Fox H, Glen I, Collier D, Shaw D, St Clair D
Abstract excerpt
The P/Q type Ca2+ channel alpha 1-subunit (CACN1A4) gene on chromosome 19p13 is a promising candidate susceptibility locus for schizophrenia. Point mutations in CACN1A4 cause familial hemiplegic migraine and episodic ataxia. Expansion in a coding 3' CAG repeat causes spino-cerebellar ataxia type 6 (SCA6). The mouse mutant phenotype totterer has a form of petit-mal epilepsy. These are neurological conditions, all...
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