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ARVCF genetic influences on neurocognitive and neuroanatomical intermediate phenotypes in Chinese patients with schizophrenia.
The Journal of clinical psychiatry - 1 Mar 2012
Sim Kang, Chan Wai-Yen, Woon Puay-San, Low Hui-Qi, Lim Linda, Yang Guo-Liang, Lee Jimmy, Chong Siow Ann, Sitoh Yih-Yian, Chan Yiong Huak, Liu Jianjun, Tan Ene Choo, Williams Hywel, Nowinski Wieslaw Lucjan
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: There are notable similarities between velocardiofacial syndrome and schizophrenia in terms of neurocognitive deficits and brain structural abnormalities. These similarities have supported the role of the armadillo repeat gene deleted in velocardiofacial syndrome (ARVCF) as a susceptibility gene in schizophrenia. This study investigated the relationships between haplotypes of the ARVCF gene and...
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