Schizophrenia Research Forum

Genetic clue to psychosis found on chromosome 16

A common variant at 16p11.2 increases risk of psychosis, according to a report published online November 20 in Molecular Psychiatry. The results flag a single nucleotide change within a 593 kb region that has been previously linked to schizophrenia and other disorders by rare copy number variants that duplicate or delete chunks of DNA.

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