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SUBMITTER: Lu D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7492262 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature communications 20200915 1
An association between schizophrenia and subsequent breast cancer has been suggested; however the risk of schizophrenia following a breast cancer is unknown. Moreover, the driving forces of the link are largely unclear. Here, we report the phenotypic and genetic positive associations of schizophrenia with breast cancer and vice versa, based on a Swedish population-based cohort and GWAS data from international consortia. We observe a genetic correlation of 0.14 (95% CI 0.09-0.19) and identify a s ...[more]