Evidence for bilineal inheritance of physiological indicators of risk in childhood-onset schizophrenia.

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Childhood-onset schizophrenia is proposed to be associated with increased genetic loading compared with adult-onset schizophrenia because of its earlier age of onset and generally greater severity of symptoms. Diminished suppression of P50 auditory evoked responses to repeated stimuli and elevated anticipatory saccades during smooth pursuit eye movements are markers of genetic risk that are found in members of...

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