Erschienen in:
01.09.2006
Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome Diagnosed in a Schizophrenic Patient with a Large Deletion in the STK11 Gene
verfasst von:
Michael Kam, Jorge Massare, Steven Gallinger, Joseph Kinzie, Donald Weaver, John D. Dingell, Susmita Esufali, Bharati Bapat, Martin Tobi
Erschienen in:
Digestive Diseases and Sciences
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Ausgabe 9/2006
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Excerpt
Since the unraveling of the human genome through chromosomal analysis, unique associations have been found between diseases. In this vein, interesting findings in a patient with schizophrenia and Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (PJS) prompted us to perform germline genetic analysis. Schizophrenia, a common psychiatric disorder affecting about 1% of the population [
1], is a severe and persistent debilitating psychiatric disorder believed to be polygenic in origin, having associations with many different chromosomes [
2]. The exact causes of schizophrenia are not known. There is a tenfold increased risk for schizophrenia when a first-degree family member is affected, suggesting strong genetic correlations [
2]. The hallmark symptoms of schizophrenia are hallucinations, often auditory, and delusions. …