Research in China on the molecular genetics of schizophrenia.

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Summary

Schizophrenia is a complex disease caused by genetic and environmental factors with a global heritability of more than 80%. By the end of the 1970s, Chinese scientists reported a heritability of schizophrenia of 82.9% in the Chinese Han population. Continuous improvements in research techniques and the recruitment of larger samples have made it possible for Chinese scientists to identify a number of candidate susceptibility genes for schizophrenia. This article reviews the results in genetic research of schizophrenia by Chinese scientists over the last five decades.

SUBMITTER: Cui D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4198854 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature