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Genome-wide association study of schizophrenia in a Japanese population.
Biological psychiatry - 1 Mar 2011
Ikeda Masashi, Aleksic Branko, Kinoshita Yoko, Okochi Tomo, Kawashima Kunihiro, Kushima Itaru, Ito Yoshihito, Nakamura Yukako, Kishi Taro, Okumura Takenori, Fukuo Yasuhisa, Williams Hywel J, Hamshere Marian L, Ivanov Dobril, Inada Toshiya, Suzuki Michio, Hashimoto Ryota, Ujike Hiroshi, Takeda Masatoshi, Craddock Nick, Kaibuchi Kozo, Owen Michael J, Ozaki Norio, O'Donovan Michael C, Iwata Nakao
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Genome-wide association studies have detected a small number of weak but strongly supported schizophrenia risk alleles. Moreover, a substantial polygenic component to the disorder consisting of a large number of such alleles has been reported by the International Schizophrenia Consortium. METHOD: We report a Japanese genome-wide association study of schizophrenia comprising 575 cases and 564 controls....
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