A reanalysis of 409 European-ancestry and African American schizophrenia pedigrees reveals significant linkage to 8p23.3 with evidence of locus heterogeneity

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 147, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1080-1088

  Holliday, E G ^a,d   Mowry, B J ^a,b   Nyholt, D R ^c  

^a QUEENSLAND CENTRE FOR MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d The Park   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Genetic susceptibility; Genetics; Mental disorders; Psychiatry

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 5; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 7; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 8; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LOD SCORE; PEDIGREE; SAMPLE SIZE; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 55349118848     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.30722     Document Type: Article

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