.In article <Pine.SUN.3.93.960518214648.2731Z-100000 at sirronald> mbmiller at SIRRONALD.WUSTL.EDU (Mike Miller) writes:
.>Rcjohnsen has some good advice, but be careful! It is easy to
.>misunderstand the entries in OMIM (Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man).
.>Absolutely NONE of the linkage findings are really confirmed. At this
.>time we still have not identified any gene that affects susceptibility to
.>schizophrenia. Genetic markers are not useful in risk assessment for
.>schizophrenia.
Such a blanket assertion is IMHO misleading. They are starting to give
consistent results. What is needed is larger studies, denser maps and
more genetically homogeneous populations. They are possibly not
of immediate use, but will undoubtedly become so in the near future.
.>
.>Mike
.>
.>Michael B. Miller, M.S., Ph.D., M.P.E.
.>Department of Psychiatry (Box 8134)
.>Washington University School of Medicine
.>4940 Children's Place, St. Louis, MO 63110
.>office phone: (314) 362-9428 FAX: (314) 362-942
Paul...
