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Strong evidence for a novel schizophrenia risk locus on chromosome 1p31.1 in homogeneous pedigrees from Tamil Nadu, India.
The American journal of psychiatry - 1 Feb 2009
Holliday Elizabeth G, Nyholt Dale R, Tirupati Srinivasan, John Sujit, Ramachandran Padmavati, Ramamurti Mangala, Ramadoss Ayankaran Jothi, Jeyagurunathan Anitha, Kottiswaran Sowndari, Smith Heather J, Filippich Cheryl, Nertney Deborah A, Nancarrow Derek J, Hayward Nicholas K, Watkins W Scott, Jorde Lynn B, Thara Rangaswamy, Mowry Bryan J
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The study of ethnically homogeneous populations may help to identify schizophrenia risk loci. The authors conducted a genomewide linkage scan for schizophrenia in an Indian population. METHOD: Participants were 441 individuals (262 affected probands and siblings) who were recruited primarily from one ethnically homogeneous group, the Tamil Brahmin caste, although individuals from other geographically...
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