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Cognitive dysfunctions in parents of schizophrenic patients parallel the deficits found in patients.
Schizophrenia research - 1 Oct 2003
Appels Melanie C M, Sitskoorn Margriet M, Westers Paul, Lems Elleke, Kahn René S
Abstract excerpt
Schizophrenia is characterized by a global cognitive impairment, with varying degrees of deficit in all ability domains. Since genetic factors are important in the etiology of schizophrenia we investigated whether parents of schizophrenic patients also show cognitive deficits, particularly on those cognitive ability domains that are most severely affected in patients. Both biological parents of 37 patients with...
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