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The molecular genetics of the 22q11-associated schizophrenia.
Brain research. Molecular brain research - 20 Dec 2004
Karayiorgou Maria, Gogos Joseph A
Abstract excerpt
Schizophrenia has a strong genetic component but the mode of inheritance of the disease is complex and in all likelihood involves interaction among multiple genes and also possibly environmental or stochastic factors. A number of studies have shown that the 22q11 deletion syndrome (22q11DS) is a true genetic subtype of schizophrenia and as such may play an extremely important role in deciphering the genetic basis...
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