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Genes And Symptoms Of Schizophrenia: Modifiers, Networks, And Interactions In Complex Disease, Sarah Bergen
Genes And Symptoms Of Schizophrenia: Modifiers, Networks, And Interactions In Complex Disease, Sarah Bergen
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Understanding the genetic foundations of schizophrenia and the resultant symptom manifestations is an important step as we work toward development of new prevention and treatment strategies. This work has sought better understanding of this disease through use of three subject cohorts and two studies using simulated data exploring features of complex disease. First, we probed the symptoms of schizophrenia in subjects of African and European ancestry drawn from the Genetic Association Information Network (GAIN) schizophrenia study and found significant differences between groups, particularly in affective symptoms. The genetic basis of symptom variation was then explored in a selection of candidate …