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The impact of the endogenous subtype on the familial aggregation of unipolar depression.
European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience - 1 Jan 1991
Maier W, Hallmayer J, Lichtermann D, Philipp M, Klingler T
Abstract excerpt
The endogenous/non-endogenous distinction of unipolar major depression is widely accepted, as is the family study approach to the validation of diagnostic distinctions. Rates of affective disorders were examined in 689 first-degree relatives of 184 patients with unipolar major depression and were compared with 312 first-degree relatives of 80 healthy controls. Only unipolar depression and alcoholism were more...
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