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Strong synaptic transmission impact by copy number variations in schizophrenia.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 8 Jun 2010
Glessner Joseph T, Reilly Muredach P, Kim Cecilia E, Takahashi Nagahide, Albano Anthony, Hou Cuiping, Bradfield Jonathan P, Zhang Haitao, Sleiman Patrick M A, Flory James H, Imielinski Marcin, Frackelton Edward C, Chiavacci Rosetta, Thomas Kelly A, Garris Maria, Otieno Frederick G, Davidson Michael, Weiser Mark, Reichenberg Abraham, Davis Kenneth L, Friedman Joseph I, Cappola Thomas P, Margulies Kenneth B, Rader Daniel J, Grant Struan F A, Buxbaum Joseph D, Gur Raquel E, Hakonarson Hakon
Abstract excerpt
Schizophrenia is a psychiatric disorder with onset in late adolescence and unclear etiology characterized by both positive and negative symptoms, as well as cognitive deficits. To identify copy number variations (CNVs) that increase the risk of schizophrenia, we performed a whole-genome CNV analysis on a cohort of 977 schizophrenia cases and 2,000 healthy adults of European ancestry who were genotyped with 1.7...
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