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Schizophrenic patients and their first-degree relatives show an excess of mixed-handedness.
Schizophrenia research - 19 Oct 1999
Orr K G, Cannon M, Gilvarry C M, Jones P B, Murray R M
Abstract excerpt
An excess of mixed-handedness in schizophrenia has been reported. However, it is not established whether this excess is manifest in non-schizophrenic psychoses, nor whether the underlying etiology is genetic or environmental. We investigated these issues in a group of patients with schizophrenia (n=94), affective psychosis (n=63), other psychosis (n=26); their respective first-degree relatives (total n=183) and a...
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