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Morbid risk for schizophrenia in first-degree relatives of people with frontotemporal dementia.
The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science - 1 Jul 2010
Schoder Delphine, Hannequin Didier, Martinaud Olivier, Opolczynski Gaëlle, Guyant-Maréchal Lucie, Le Ber Isabelle, Campion Dominique
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Familial co-occurrence of frontotemporal dementia and schizophrenia has never been investigated. AIMS: To test the hypothesis that frontotemporal dementia and schizophrenia might have a common aetiology in some families in which both syndromes coexist (mixed families). METHOD: The morbid risk for schizophrenia, calculated in first-degree relatives of 100 frontotemporal dementia probands, was compared...
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