Article
Suggestive evidence for linkage of schizophrenia to markers on chromosome 13q14.1-q32.
Psychiatric genetics - 1 Jan 1995
Lin M W, Curtis D, Williams N, Arranz M, Nanko S, Collier D, McGuffin P, Murray R, Owen M, Gill M
Abstract excerpt
Family, twin and adoption studies highlight the influence of genes in the aetiology of schizophrenia, though the mode of inheritance is unclear. We have been conducting a systematic search for major genes in schizophrenia using a series of multiply affected families and report preliminary results...
Topics
- Adoption
- Chromosome Mapping
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 13
- Diseases in Twins
- Family
- Female
- Genetic Linkage
- Genetic Markers
- Humans
- Linkage Disequilibrium
- Lod Score
- Male
- Pedigree
- Phenotype
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Schizophrenia
- Sex Characteristics