Schizophrenia with pericentric inversion of chromosome 9: a case report.
A case of schizophrenia according to the DSM-III-R criteria with pericentric inversion of chromosome 9 was reported. This case and the review of the literature indicate that the pericentric region of chromosome 9 might be one of the potential regions of interest for linkage analysis of psychiatric disorders.
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Department of Psychiatry, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
D002871:Chromosome Banding; D007446:Chromosome Inversion; D002899:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 9; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology