No evidence that common genetic risk variation is shared between schizophrenia and autism

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 55-60

  Vorstman, Jacob A S ^a   Anney, Richard J L ^b   Derks, Eske M ^a,c   Gallagher, Louise ^b   Gill, Michael ^b   de Jonge, Maretha V ^a   van Engeland, Herman ^a   Kahn, René S ^a   Ophoff, Roel A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Common genetic variants; Polygenic risk score; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 84871258991     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32121     Document Type: Article

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