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Replication of an association of a common variant in the Reelin gene (RELN) with schizophrenia in Ashkenazi Jewish women.
Psychiatric genetics - 1 Aug 2010
Liu Yaping, Chen Pei-Lung, McGrath John, Wolyniec Paula, Fallin Daniele, Nestadt Gerald, Liang Kung-Yee, Pulver Ann, Valle David, Avramopoulos Dimitrios
Abstract excerpt
A single nucleotide polymorphism (rs7341475) in RELN has recently been shown to be associated with schizophrenia (SZ) in an Ashkenazi Jewish (AJ) case--control study specifically in women by Shifman et al. We have replicated this association in women in another large independent Ashkenazi Jewish collection (721 cases, 259 female; 1455 controls, 834 female) and confirmed that it applies to both SZ and...
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