Article
Association between schizophrenia and common variation in neurocan (NCAN), a genetic risk factor for bipolar disorder.
Schizophrenia research - 1 Jun 2012
Mühleisen Thomas W, Mattheisen Manuel, Strohmaier Jana, Degenhardt Franziska, Priebe Lutz, Schultz C Christoph, Breuer René, Meier Sandra, Hoffmann Per, Rivandeneira Fernando, Hofman Albert, Uitterlinden André G, Moebus Susanne, Gieger Christian, Emeny Rebecca, Ladwig Karl-Heinz, Wichmann H-Erich, Schwarz Markus, Kammerer-Ciernioch Jutta, Schlösser Ralf G M, Nenadic Igor, Sauer Heinrich, Mössner Rainald, Maier Wolfgang, Rujescu Dan, Lange Christoph, Ophoff Roel A, Schulze Thomas G, Rietschel Marcella, Nöthen Markus M, Cichon Sven
Abstract excerpt
A recent study found genome-wide significant association between common variation in the gene neurocan (NCAN, rs1064395) and bipolar disorder (BD). In view of accumulating evidence that BD and schizophrenia partly share genetic risk factors, we tested this single-nucleotide polymorphism for association with schizophrenia in three independent patient-control samples of European ancestry, totaling 5061 patients and...
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