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. 2011 Sep;16(9):887-8.
doi: 10.1038/mp.2011.34. Epub 2011 Apr 12.

A family-based study of common polygenic variation and risk of schizophrenia

D M Ruderfer, G Kirov, K Chambert, J L Moran, M J Owen, M C O'Donovan, P Sklar, S M Purcell

A family-based study of common polygenic variation and risk of schizophrenia

D M Ruderfer et al. Mol Psychiatry. 2011 Sep.
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Variance explained by p-value threshold, corresponding significance at each threshold (p=0.0044, 5.4×10-06, 3.2×10-08, 5.1×10-10, 1.2×10-11, 2.2×10-12, 1.03×10-12)
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