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Schizophrenia with the 22q11.2 deletion and additional genetic defects: case history.
The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science - 1 Sept 2011
Toyosima M, Maekawa M, Toyota T, Iwayama Y, Arai M, Ichikawa T, Miyashita M, Arinami T, Itokawa M, Yoshikawa T
Abstract excerpt
The 22q11.2 deletion is the most prominent known genetic risk factor for schizophrenia, but its penetrance is at most approximately 50% suggesting that additional risk factors are required for disease progression. We examined a woman with schizophrenia with this deletion for such risk factors. Sh...
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