Article
Chromosomal region 1q24.1 is associated with increased risk of schizophrenia in Pakistani population.
Gene - 15 Apr 2020
Fatima Warda, Riaz Sabeen, Aiman Shahzad Muhammad, Naz Zara, Mahmood Saqib, Hasnain Shahida
Abstract excerpt
Schizophrenia is a stressful, chronic and in many cases incorrigible psychological disorder. Till now no biomarker is available for diagnosis of this condition and diagnosis is done purely on psychiatric bases. A strong genetic association of human genome region 1q24.1 is implicated with onset of schizophrenia in many studies. Present study is first from Pakistan to report effect of this locus in transmission and...
Topics
- Adult
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1
- Female
- Genetic Markers
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genotype
- Haplotypes
- Humans
- Linkage Disequilibrium
- Male
- Pakistan
- Schizophrenia
