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A genome-wide CNV analysis of schizophrenia reveals a potential role for a multiple-hit model.
American journal of medical genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics : the official publication of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics - 1 Dec 2014
Rudd Danielle S, Axelsen Michael, Epping Eric A, Andreasen Nancy C, Wassink Thomas H
Abstract excerpt
Schizophrenia is a chronic and severe psychiatric disorder that is highly heritable. While both common and rare genetic variants contribute to disease risk, many questions still remain about disease etiology. We performed a genome-wide analysis of copy number variants (CNVs) in 166 schizophrenia subjects and 52 psychiatrically healthy controls. First, overall CNV characteristics were compared between cases and...
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