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Rare structural variants found in attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder are preferentially associated with neurodevelopmental genes.
Molecular psychiatry - 1 Jun 2010
Elia J, Gai X, Xie H M, Perin J C, Geiger E, Glessner J T, D'arcy M, deBerardinis R, Frackelton E, Kim C, Lantieri F, Muganga B M, Wang L, Takeda T, Rappaport E F, Grant S F A, Berrettini W, Devoto M, Shaikh T H, Hakonarson H, White P S
Abstract excerpt
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common and highly heritable disorder, but specific genetic factors underlying risk remain elusive. To assess the role of structural variation in ADHD, we identified 222 inherited copy number variations (CNVs) within 335 ADHD patients and their parents that were not detected in 2026 unrelated healthy individuals. Although no excess CNVs, either deletions or...
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