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Shared polygenic contribution between childhood attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and adult schizophrenia.
The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science - 1 Aug 2013
Hamshere Marian L, Stergiakouli Evangelia, Langley Kate, Martin Joanna, Holmans Peter, Kent Lindsey, Owen Michael J, Gill Michael, Thapar Anita, O'Donovan Mick, Craddock Nick
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BACKGROUND: There is recent evidence of some degree of shared genetic susceptibility between adult schizophrenia and childhood attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) for rare chromosomal variants. AIMS: To determine whether there is overlap between common alleles conferring risk of schizophrenia in adults with those that do so for ADHD in children. METHOD: We used recently published Psychiatric...
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