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Relation of familial schizophrenia to negative symptoms but not to the deficit syndrome.
The American journal of psychiatry - 1 Jun 2000
Malaspina D, Goetz R R, Yale S, Berman A, Friedman J H, Tremeau F, Printz D, Amador X, Johnson J, Brown A, Gorman J M
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Although a family history of schizophrenia has been associated with negative symptoms, family history is inconsistently related to the presence of the deficit syndrome. METHOD: The authors assessed family history and the deficit syndrome in 99 patients with DSM-III-R-diagnosed schizophrenia who were assessed during clinical treatment. Of these 99 patients, 45 were assessed both while antipsychotic free...
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