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Approaches for unraveling the joint genetic determinants of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
Schizophrenia bulletin - 1 Jul 2008
Lin Ping-I, Mitchell Braxton D
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Since Emil Kraepelin proposed in 1919 that dementia praecox (schizophrenia) be differentiated from manic depression (bipolar disorder), the concept of nosological dichotomy has greatly influenced the diagnosis, treatment, and research of pathogenesis of these 2 disorders. However, this concept has recently been challenged by increasing evidence showing biological overlap between schizophrenia and bipolar...
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