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Brain volumes in familial and non-familial schizophrenic probands and their unaffected relatives.
American journal of medical genetics - 8 Aug 2002
McDonald Colm, Grech Anton, Toulopoulou Timothea, Schulze Katja, Chapple Ben, Sham Pak, Walshe Muriel, Sharma Tonmoy, Sigmundsson Thordur, Chitnis Xavier, Murray Robin M
Abstract excerpt
Structural brain abnormalities are consistently reported in schizophrenic subjects but the etiology of these abnormalities remains unclear. We tested the contribution of genetic predisposition and obstetric complications to the structural brain abnormalities found in schizophrenic probands and their relatives. MRI scans were carried out on 35 schizophrenic probands from families multiply affected with the...
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