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A novel permutation testing method implicates sixteen nicotinic acetylcholine receptor genes as risk factors for smoking in schizophrenia families.
Human heredity - 1 Jan 2004
Faraone Stephen V, Su Jessica, Taylor Levi, Wilcox Marsha, Van Eerdewegh Paul, Tsuang Ming T
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Smoking is a common correlate of schizophrenia, which leads to medical morbidity. Although twin and adoption studies have consistently implicated genes in the etiology of both smoking and schizophrenia, finding genes has been difficult. Several authors have suggested that clinical or neurobiological features associated with schizophrenia, such as smoking, might improve the ability to detect schizophrenia...
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