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Genetic underpinnings of schizophrenia revealed
Thu, 03/27/2008 - 21:15 — NLN
The devastating mental illness schizophrenia may be caused by many different mutations in many different genes that disrupt biological pathways vital to normal brain development, scientists said on Thursday.
Schizophrenia is a complex disorder marked by delusions, hallucinations and disordered thinking that appears in about 1 percent of all adults. Experts long have struggled to grasp its causes and the role of genetics and environmental factors.
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