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

  1. Jacob A.S. Vorstman1,*,
  2. Richard J.L. Anney2,
  3. Eske M. Derks1,3,
  4. Louise Gallagher2,
  5. Michael Gill2,
  6. Maretha V. de Jonge1,
  7. Herman van Engeland1,
  8. René S. Kahn1,
  9. Roel A. Ophoff1,4,
  10. the Autism Genome Project, the International Schizophrenia Consortium

Article first published online: 28 NOV 2012

DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32121

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American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volume 162, Issue 1, pages 55–60, January 2013

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Vorstman, J. A.S., Anney, R. J.L., Derks, E. M., Gallagher, L., Gill, M., de Jonge, M. V., van Engeland, H., Kahn, R. S., Ophoff, R. A. and the Autism Genome Project, the International Schizophrenia Consortium (2013), No evidence that common genetic risk variation is shared between schizophrenia and autism. Am. J. Med. Genet., 162: 55–60. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32121

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  1. 1

    Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

  2. 2

    Department of Psychiatry, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

  3. 3

    Academic Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  4. 4

    Center for Neurobehavioral Genetics, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California

*Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht 3584 CG, The Netherlands.

  1. †

    How to Cite this Article: Vorstman JAS, Anney RJL, Derks EM, Gallagher L, Gill M, de Jonge MV, van Engeland H, Kahn RS, Ophoff RA the Autism Genome Project, the International Schizophrenia Consortium. 2012. No Evidence That Common Genetic Risk Variation Is Shared Between Schizophrenia and Autism. Am J Med Genet Part B 162B:55–60.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 18 DEC 2012
  2. Article first published online: 28 NOV 2012
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 5 NOV 2012
  4. Manuscript Received: 13 JUN 2012

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