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Regional gray matter volume in monozygotic twins concordant and discordant for schizophrenia.
Biological psychiatry - 15 May 2010
Borgwardt Stefan J, Picchioni Marco M, Ettinger Ulrich, Toulopoulou Timothea, Murray Robin, McGuire Philip K
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BACKGROUND: Alterations in gray matter volume (GMV) are a robust feature of schizophrenia. However, it is not clear to what extent these abnormalities are correlates of the genetic liability to the disorder, as opposed to environmental factors and the disorder itself. We investigated the influence of genetic and environmental risk on GMV in monozygotic (MZ) twin pairs concordant and discordant for schizophrenia....
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