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Twins discordant for schizophrenia: psychopathology of the non-schizophrenic co-twins.
Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica - 1 Sept 2008
Argyropoulos S V, Landau S, Kalidindi S, Toulopoulou T, Castle D J, Murray R M, Picchioni M M
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Patients with schizophrenia are more likely to suffer from mood and anxiety disorders compared with the general population. We explored the aetiology of this comorbidity using a twin study design. METHOD: We applied an additive genetic + unique environment (AE) random effects model in the analysis of 35 non-schizophrenic co-twins from pairs discordant for schizophrenia, and 131 control twins. RESULTS:...
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