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Genome-wide association study of schizophrenia using microsatellite markers in the Japanese population.
Psychiatric genetics - 1 Jun 2013
Shibata Hiroki, Yamamoto Ken, Sun Zhu, Oka Akira, Inoko Hidetoshi, Arinami Tadao, Inada Toshiya, Ujike Hiroshi, Itokawa Masanari, Tochigi Mamoru, Watanabe Yuichiro, Someya Toshiyuki, Kunugi Hiroshi, Suzuki Tatsuyo, Iwata Nakao, Ozaki Norio, Fukumaki Yasuyuki
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: To search for schizophrenia susceptibility loci, we carried out a case-control study using 28601 microsatellite markers distributed across the entire genome. MATERIALS AND METHODS: To control the highly multiple testing, we designed three sequential steps of screening using three independent sets of pooled samples, followed by the confirmatory step using an independent sample set (>2200 case-control...
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