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AHI1, a pivotal neurodevelopmental gene, and C6orf217 are associated with susceptibility to schizophrenia.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Oct 2006
Amann-Zalcenstein Daniela, Avidan Nili, Kanyas Kyra, Ebstein Richard P, Kohn Yoav, Hamdan Adnan, Ben-Asher Edna, Karni Osnat, Mujaheed Muhammed, Segman Ronnen H, Maier Wolfgang, Macciardi Fabio, Beckmann Jacques S, Lancet Doron, Lerer Bernard
Abstract excerpt
Schizophrenia, a severe neuropsychiatric disorder, is believed to involve multiple genetic factors. A significant body of evidence supports a pivotal role for abnormalities of brain development in the disorder. Linkage signals for schizophrenia map to human chromosome 6q. To obtain a finer localization, we genotyped 180 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in a young, inbred Arab-Israeli family sample with a...
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