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Association study of neuregulin-1 gene polymorphisms in a North Indian schizophrenia sample.
Schizophrenia research - 1 Mar 2013
Kukshal Prachi, Bhatia Triptish, Bhagwat A M, Gur Raquel E, Gur Ruben C, Deshpande Smita N, Nimgaonkar Vishwajit L, Thelma B K
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BACKGROUND: Neuregulin-1 (NRG1) gene polymorphisms have been proposed as risk factors for several common disorders. Associations with cognitive variation have also been tested. With regard to schizophrenia (SZ) risk, studies of Caucasian ancestry samples indicate associations more consistently than East Asian samples, suggesting heterogeneity. To exploit the differences in linkage disequilibrium (LD) structure...
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