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Hippocampal volumes in schizophrenic twins.
Archives of general psychiatry - 1 Apr 2004
van Erp Theo G M, Saleh Peter A, Huttunen Matti, Lönnqvist Jouko, Kaprio Jaakko, Salonen Oili, Valanne Leena, Poutanen Veli-Pekka, Standertskjöld-Nordenstam Carl-Gustav, Cannon Tyrone D
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CONTEXT: The effects of genes and environment on brain abnormalities in schizophrenia remain unclear. OBJECTIVE: To examine the contributions of genes and environment to hippocampal volume reduction in schizophrenia. DESIGN: Population-based twin cohort study. SETTING: Finland. PARTICIPANTS: Seven monozygotic (MZ) twin pairs concordant for schizophrenia and 16 MZ and 32 dizygotic (DZ) twin pairs discordant for...
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