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SUBMITTER: Hovatta I
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1288245 | biostudies-literature | 1999 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hovatta I I Varilo T T Suvisaari J J Terwilliger J D JD Ollikainen V V Arajärvi R R Juvonen H H Kokko-Sahin M L ML Väisänen L L Mannila H H Lönnqvist J J Peltonen L L
American journal of human genetics 19991001 4
Schizophrenia is a severe mental disorder affecting approximately 1% of the world's population. Here, we report the results from a three-stage genomewide screen performed in a study sample from an internal isolate of Finland. An effort was made to identify genes predisposing for schizophrenia that are potentially enriched in this isolate, which has an exceptionally high lifetime risk for this trait. Ancestors of the local families with schizophrenia were traced back to the foundation of the popu ...[more]