Genetic evidence for a distinct subtype of schizophrenia characterized by pervasive cognitive deficit |
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| Authors: | Hallmayer Joachim F Kalaydjieva Luba Badcock Johanna Dragovic Milan Howell Sarah Michie Patricia T Rock Daniel Vile David Williams Rachael Corder Elizabeth H Hollingsworth Kate Jablensky Assen |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA. |
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| Abstract: | A novel phenotyping strategy in schizophrenia, targeting different neurocognitive domains, neurobehavioral features, and selected personality traits, has allowed us to identify a homogeneous familial subtype of the disease, characterized by pervasive neurocognitive deficit. Our genome scan data indicate that this subtype, which accounts for up to 50% of our sample, has a distinct genetic basis and explains linkage to chromosome 6p24 reported previously. If representative of other populations, the ratio of schizophrenia subtypes observed in our families could have a profound impact on sample heterogeneity and on the power of genetic studies to detect linkage and association. Our proposed abbreviated battery of tests should facilitate phenotype characterization for future genetic analyses and allow a focus on a crisply defined schizophrenia subtype, thus promoting a more informed search for susceptibility genes. |
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