[Schizophrenia: on the genetic trail].

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Data from genetic epidemiology studies demonstrate the existence of hereditary factors in the genesis of schizophrenia. Most authors now think that a multigenic multifactorial model will explain the transmission of this disease. Several genes may be involved, either additively (their effects added together, each gene having its own contribution), or epistatically (expression of one gene effective only if another...

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