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Search for copy number variants in chromosomes 15q11-q13 and 22q11.2 in obsessive compulsive disorder.
BMC medical genetics - 21 Jun 2010
Delorme Richard, Moreno-De-Luca Daniel, Gennetier Aurélie, Maier Wolfgang, Chaste Pauline, Mössner Rainald, Grabe Hans Jörgen, Ruhrmann Stephan, Falkai Peter, Mouren Marie-Christine, Leboyer Marion, Wagner Michael, Betancur Catalina
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a clinically and etiologically heterogeneous syndrome. The high frequency of obsessive-compulsive symptoms reported in subjects with the 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (DiGeorge/velocardiofacial syndrome) or Prader-Willi syndrome (15q11-13 deletion of the paternally derived chromosome), suggests that gene dosage effects in these chromosomal regions could increase risk...
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