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Lack of evidence for linkage to chromosomes 13 and 8 for schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder.
American journal of medical genetics - 3 Apr 2000
DeLisi L E, Shaw S, Crow T J, Shields G, Smith A B, Larach V W, Wellman N, Loftus J, Nathankumar B, Razi K, Kushner M, Stewart J, Vita A, Comazzi M, Sherrington R
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A previous report [Blouin et al., 1998: Nat Genet 20:70-73] suggesting linkage to chromosomes 13q32 and 8p21 in families with schizophrenia led us to investigate these regions in a large set of 301 multiplex families with schizophrenia. Multipoint analyses failed to reveal evidence for linkage to any portion of chromosome 13, while only a weakly positive score was present on 8p using the identical marker reported...
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