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Polymorphisms in MICB are associated with human herpes virus seropositivity and schizophrenia risk.
Schizophrenia research - 1 Aug 2007
Shirts Brian H, Kim Jung Jin, Reich Shani, Dickerson Faith B, Yolken Robert H, Devlin Bernie, Nimgaonkar Vishwajit L
Abstract excerpt
Viral infection may be a risk factor for schizophrenia and has been associated with decreased cognitive functioning in patients. We report associations of SNPs at MICB (MHC class I polypeptide-related sequence B, chromosome 6p21) with cytomegalovirus and herpes simplex virus 1 seropositivity. We previously found associations with schizophrenia on chromosome 6p21 among patients seropositive for cytomegalovirus...
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