Linkage analysis of a large Swedish kindred provides further support for a susceptibility locus for schizophrenia on chromosome 6p23

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 369-377

  Lindholm, Eva ^a   Ekholm, Birgit ^b   Balciuniene, Jorune ^a   Johansson, Gunnel ^b   Castensson, Anja ^a   Koisti, Markus ^a   Nylander, P O ^b   Pettersson, Ulf ^a   Adolfsson, Rolf ^b   Jazin, Elena ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chromosome 6; Disease susceptibility; Lod score; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 6P; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 0033588260     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19990820)88:4<369::AID-AJMG14>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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