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Accurately assessing the risk of schizophrenia conferred by rare copy-number variation affecting genes with brain function.
PLoS genetics - 9 Sept 2010
Raychaudhuri Soumya, Korn Joshua M, McCarroll Steven A, Altshuler David, Sklar Pamela, Purcell Shaun, Daly Mark J
Abstract excerpt
Investigators have linked rare copy number variation (CNVs) to neuropsychiatric diseases, such as schizophrenia. One hypothesis is that CNV events cause disease by affecting genes with specific brain functions. Under these circumstances, we expect that CNV events in cases should impact brain-func...
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