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Intellectual asymmetry and genetic liability in first-degree relatives of probands with schizophrenia.
The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science - 1 Feb 2006
Kravariti Eugenia, Toulopoulou Timothea, Mapua-Filbey Francesca, Schulze Katja, Walshe Muriel, Sham Pak, Murray Robin M, McDonald Colm
Abstract excerpt
Intellectual asymmetry with superiority of verbal skills to spatial skills frequently characterises patients with schizophrenia, but it is unclear whether this pattern also reflects genetic susceptibility to the disorder. We examined the association of a continuous measure of genetic liability to schizophrenia with Verbal-Spatial Contrast IQ (an index of intellectual asymmetry) in 108 first-degree relatives...
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