Scientific article
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Schizophrenia and beta-thalassemia: a genetic link?

Published inPsychiatry research, vol. 158, no. 2, p. 260-261
Publication date2008
Abstract

This report of two cases in which schizophrenia and beta-thalassemia occurred simultaneously in several family members may suggest that a genetic link exists between these two disorders. A known genetic disease (beta-thalassemia) could help confirm the presence, on the short arm of chromosome 11, of a genetic susceptibility factor for schizophrenia.

Keywords
  • Adult
  • Chromosomes Human Pair 11/genetics
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Schizophrenia/complications/genetics
  • Tryptophan Hydroxylase/genetics
  • Beta-Thalassemia/complications/genetics
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BORRAS, Laurence, HUGUELET, Philippe. Schizophrenia and beta-thalassemia: a genetic link? In: Psychiatry research, 2008, vol. 158, n° 2, p. 260–261. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2007.11.001
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