Failure to exclude a possible schizophrenia susceptibility locus on chromosome 13q14.1-q32 in southern African Bantu-speaking families.

doi:10.1097/00041444-199800830-00004

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Failure to exclude a possible schizophrenia susceptibility locus on chromosome 13q14.1-q32 in southern African Bantu-speaking families.

Psychiatric genetics - 1 Jan 1998

Riley B P, Lin M W, Mogudi-Carter M, Jenkins T, Williamson R, Powell J F, Collier D, Murray R

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Several recent reports have provided evidence suggesting linkage of markers on chromosome 13q14.1-q32 to schizophrenia in families from England, Wales, Japan and the USA, but not in Chinese families. We tested for linkage between markers in this region and schizophrenia in a sample of 16 families...

Topics

Black People
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 13
Ethnicity
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Genotype
Humans
Lod Score
Schizophrenia
South Africa

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