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Association analyses of the neuregulin 1 gene with schizophrenia and manic psychosis in a Hispanic population.
Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica - 1 Apr 2006
Walss-Bass C, Raventos H, Montero A P, Armas R, Dassori A, Contreras S, Liu W, Medina R, Levinson D F, Pereira M, Leach R J, Almasy L, Escamilla M A
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OBJECTIVE: This study used the population of the Central Valley of Costa Rica (CVCR) and phenotyping strategies alternative to DSMIV classifications to investigate the association of neuregulin 1 with schizophrenia. METHOD: Using 134 family trios with a history of psychosis, we genotyped six of the seven markers originally identified to be associated with schizophrenia in Iceland. RESULTS: The neuregulin...
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