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Chromosome 22q11 in a Xhosa schizophrenia population.
South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde - 23 Feb 2012
Koen Liezl, Niehaus Dana J H, Wright Galen, Warnich Louise, De Jong Greetje, Emsley Robin A, Mall Sumaya
Abstract excerpt
Chromosome 22q11 aberrations substantially increase the risk for developing schizophrenia. Although micro-deletions in this region have been extensively investigated in different populations across the world, little is known of their prevalence in African subjects with schizophrenia. We screened 110 African Xhosa-speaking participants with schizophrenia for the presence of micro-deletions. As further verification...
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