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Cancer risk among parents and siblings of patients with schizophrenia.

The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science - 1 Feb 2007

Levav I, Lipshitz I, Novikov I, Pugachova I, Kohn R, Barchana M, Ponizovsky A, Werner H

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BACKGROUND: A reduced risk of cancer has been noted among people with schizophrenia. Given that genetic causes have been proposed as an explanation of this finding, one would expect that the risk of cancer among first-degree relatives would be equally reduced. AIMS: To investigate the risk of cancer among the biological parents and full siblings of people receiving in-patient care for schizophrenia. METHOD:...

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PMID: 17267933
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.106.024943

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