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The relationship between schizophrenia and rheumatoid arthritis revisited: genetic and epidemiological analyses.
American journal of medical genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics : the official publication of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics - 1 Mar 2015
Euesden Jack, Breen Gerome, Farmer Anne, McGuffin Peter, Lewis Cathryn M
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Epidemiological studies are inconsistent on the relationship between schizophrenia (SCZ) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Several studies have shown that SCZ has a protective effect on RA, with RA occurring less frequently in SCZ cases than would be expected by chance, whilst other studies have failed to replicate this. We sought to test the hypothesis that this effect is due to a protective effect of SCZ risk...
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