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Increased number of offspring in first degree relatives of psychotic individuals: a partial explanation for the persistence of psychotic illnesses.
Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica - 1 Jun 2009
Weiser M, Reichenberg A, Werbeloff N, Halperin D, Kravitz E, Yoffe R, Davidson M
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OBJECTIVE: As patients with psychotic illness have fewer offspring than controls, the persistence of psychotic illness is puzzling. We hypothesized that unaffected first-degree relatives of patients have more offspring than controls. METHOD: Probands were 4904, individuals with non-affective psychotic disorders identified from a hospitalization registry. Unaffected first degree relatives and matched controls were...
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