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Review
. 2009 Sep;35(5):851-4.
doi: 10.1093/schbul/sbp079. Epub 2009 Aug 12.

Neurexin 1 (NRXN1) deletions in schizophrenia

George Kirov  1 , Dan Rujescu, Andres Ingason, David A Collier, Michael C O'Donovan, Michael J Owen
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Review

Neurexin 1 (NRXN1) deletions in schizophrenia

George Kirov et al. Schizophr Bull. 2009 Sep.
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Fig. 1.
Fig. 1.
Copy Number Variants in NRXN1 in All Studies, Filtered for >100 kb. The shorter form of the gene encodes for the NRXN1β form, while the longer one encodes for the NRXN1α form. Red bars are deletions in cases (n = 8798); blue are those in controls (n = 42 054).
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