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The Marfan syndrome gene locus as a favoured locus for susceptibility to schizophrenia.
Psychiatric genetics - 1 Jan 1994
Kalsi G, Mankoo B S, Brynjolfsson J, Curtis D, Read T, Murphy P, Sharma T, Petursson H, Gurling H M
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Marfan syndrome (MS) is a rare autosomal dominant disorder of connective tissue with manifestations in the cardiovascular, ocular and skeletal systems. Genetic linkage analysis with random probes has mapped the MS locus to 15q21.1. There have been several reports of Marfan syndrome co-segregating with schizophrenia within families, which suggest that a common genetic factor may be shared between schizophrenia...
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