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SUBMITTER: Lencz T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3968799 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lencz T T Knowles E E Davies G G Guha S S Liewald D C DC Starr J M JM Djurovic S S Melle I I Sundet K K Christoforou A A Reinvang I I Mukherjee S S DeRosse Pamela P Lundervold A A Lundervold A A Steen V M VM John M M Espeseth T T Räikkönen K K Widen E E Palotie A A Eriksson J G JG Giegling I I Konte B B Ikeda M M Roussos P P Giakoumaki S S Burdick K E KE Payton A A Ollier W W Horan M M Donohoe G G Morris D D Corvin A A Gill M M Pendleton N N Iwata N N Darvasi A A Bitsios P P Rujescu D D Lahti J J Hellard S L SL Keller M C MC Andreassen O A OA Deary I J IJ Glahn D C DC Malhotra A K AK
Molecular psychiatry 20131217 2
It has long been recognized that generalized deficits in cognitive ability represent a core component of schizophrenia (SCZ), evident before full illness onset and independent of medication. The possibility of genetic overlap between risk for SCZ and cognitive phenotypes has been suggested by the presence of cognitive deficits in first-degree relatives of patients with SCZ; however, until recently, molecular genetic approaches to test this overlap have been lacking. Within the last few years, la ...[more]