Genetic and epigenetic analysis of schizophrenia in blood-a no-brainer?

Genome Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Jaffe, Andrew E ^a,b,c   Kleinman, Joel E ^a,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Whiting School of Engineering   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CELLS BY BODY ANATOMY; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 84988464973     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1756994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13073-016-0354-4     Document Type: Article

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