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SUBMITTER: Kirov G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1137005 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kirov George G O'Donovan Michael C MC Owen Michael J MJ
The Journal of clinical investigation 20050601 6
Genetic epidemiological studies suggest that individual variation in susceptibility to schizophrenia is largely genetic, reflecting alleles of moderate to small effect in multiple genes. Molecular genetic studies have identified a number of potential regions of linkage and 2 associated chromosomal abnormalities, and accumulating evidence favors several positional candidate genes. These findings are grounds for optimism that insight into genetic factors associated with schizophrenia will help fur ...[more]