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Human QKI, a new candidate gene for schizophrenia involved in myelination.
American journal of medical genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics : the official publication of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics - 5 Jan 2006
Aberg Karolina, Saetre Peter, Lindholm Eva, Ekholm Birgit, Pettersson Ulf, Adolfsson Rolf, Jazin Elena
Abstract excerpt
We have previously shown that chromosome 6q25-6q27 includes a susceptibility locus for schizophrenia in a large pedigree from northern Sweden. In this study, we fine-mapped a 10.7 Mb region, included in this locus, using 42 microsatellites or SNP markers. We found a 0.5 Mb haplotype, likely to be inherited identical by decent, within the large family that is shared among the majority of the patients (69%). A...
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