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Refinement of genetic variants within the major histocompatibility complex reveals three distinct genetic influences on schizophrenia risk and sheds light on the disease's neurobiology.

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Figure 1: Schematic of the findings and model of Sekar et al.4.

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  1. Elizabeth K. Ruzzo and Daniel H. Geschwind are at the Center for Neurobehavioral Genetics and Center for Autism Research and Treatment, Semel Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.,

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Ruzzo, E., Geschwind, D. Schizophrenia genetics complements its mechanistic understanding. Nat Neurosci 19, 523–525 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn.4277

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