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A population-based association study of 2q32.3 and 8q21.3 loci with schizophrenia in Han Chinese.
Journal of psychiatric research - 1 Jun 2013
Guan Fanglin, Wei Shuguang, Zhang Chen, Zhang Hongbo, Zhang Bao, Xing Bo, Feng Zufei, Gao Chengge, Liu Xinshe, Li Shengbin
Abstract excerpt
It has been reported that two new schizophrenia susceptibility loci (2q32.3 and 8q21.3) containing two single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs; rs17662626 and rs7004633) have been identified in Europeans by a genome-wide association study. To determine if the two regions are associated with schizophrenia in Han Chinese, which are distinct from Europeans, we analyzed 9 SNPs, including rs17662626 and rs7004633,...
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