Assessment of 22q11.2 copy number variations in a sample of Brazilian schizophrenia patients

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 99-100

  Christofolini, Denise M ^a,b   Bellucco, Fernanda T ^a   Ota, Vanessa K ^a   Belangero, Sintia I ^a   Cernach, Mirlene C P ^a   Gadelha, Ary ^a   Mari, Jair ^a   Bressan, Rodrigo A ^a   Smith, Marilia A C ^a   Melaragno, Maria I ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DO ABC   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BRAZIL; CHROMOSOME 16; CHROMOSOME 9; CHROMOSOME DELETION 22Q11; CHROMOSOME DELETION 22Q11.2; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETIC RISK; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLEX LIGATION DEPENDENT PROBE AMPLIFICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAZIL; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 22; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCHIZOPHRENIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052617121     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: 15732509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2011.07.007     Document Type: Letter

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