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Common polygenic variation contributes to risk of schizophrenia and bipolardiso...
Purcell, S. M.; Wray, N. R.; Stone, J. L.; Visscher, P. M.; O'Donovan, M. C.; Sullivan, P. F.; Sklar, P.; Leader, S. M.; Ruderfer, D. M.; McQuillin, A.Schizophrenia is a severe mental disorder with a lifetime risk of about 1%, characterized by hallucinations, delusions and cognitive deficits, with heritability estimated at up to 80%. We performed a genome-wide association study of 3,322 European individuals with schizophrenia and 3,587 controls. Here we show, using two analytic approaches, the extent to which common genetic variation underlies the risk of sch...
Date: 2009
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Origin: Repositório da Universidade dos Açores