Crucial timing in schizophrenia: role of DNA methylation in early neurodevelopment.
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SUBMITTER: Ryan J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4281947 | biostudies-literature | 2014
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Crucial timing in schizophrenia: role of DNA methylation in early neurodevelopment.
Ryan Joanne J Saffery Richard R
Genome biology 20141029 10
An exciting recent study examining the methylation profile of human brain tissue implicates early-life epigenetic disruption in the neurodevelopmental origin of schizophrenia. ...[more]
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