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Support for a possible schizophrenia vulnerability locus in region 5q22-31 in Irish families.
Molecular psychiatry - 1 Mar 1997
Straub R E, MacLean C J, O'Neill F A, Walsh D, Kendler K S
Abstract excerpt
In our genome scan for schizophrenia genes in 265 Irish pedigrees, marker D5S818 in 5q22 produced the second best result of the first 223 markers tested (P = 0.002). We then tested an additional 13 markers and the evidence suggests the presence of a vulnerability locus for schizophrenia in region 5q22-31. This region appears to be distinct from those chromosome 5 regions studied in two prior reports, but the same...
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