Genome-wide scan in Portuguese Island families identifies 5q31-5q35 as a susceptibility locus for schizophrenia and psychosis

Schizophrenia is a common psychiatric disorder with a complex genetic etiology. To understand the genetic basis of this syndrome in Portuguese Island populations, we performed a genome-wide scan of 29 families with schizophrenia, which identified a single region on 5q31-5q35 with strong linkage (NPL...

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Main Author: Sklar, P. (author)
Other Authors: Pato, Michele T. (author), Kirby, A. N. (author), Petryshen, T. L. (author), Medeiros, Helena (author), Carvalho, Célia (author), Macedo, António (author), Dourado, A. (author), Coelho, I. (author), Valente, J. (author), Soares, M. J. (author), Ferreira, Carlos Paz (author), Lei, M. (author), Verner, A. (author), Hudson, T. J. (author), Morley, C. P. (author), Kennedy, J. L. (author), Azevedo, Maria H. (author), Lander, E. (author), Daly, M. J. (author), Pato, Carlos N. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2017
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/4004
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.uac.pt:10400.3/4004