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[Genetics of schizophrenic disorders. New concepts and findings].
Der Nervenarzt - 1 Nov 1999
Maier W, Lichtermann D, Rietschel M, Held T, Falkai P, Wagner M, Schwab S
Abstract excerpt
Schizophrenia is a genetic complex disease as it does not follow monogenic transmission while non-familial environmental factors have a strong additional impact. A heterogeneous, continuous phenotype is transmitted in families which can now be more precisely characterized. Genes coding for proteins with presumed pathophysiological relevance are apparently not playing a major causal role. However, in the last...
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