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Genetic vulnerability and premature death in schizophrenia spectrum disorders: a 28-year follow-up of adoptees in the Finnish Adoptive Family Study of Schizophrenia.

Nordic journal of psychiatry - 1 Sept 2011

Hakko Helinä, Wahlberg Karl-Erik, Tienari Pekka, Räsänen Sami

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BACKGROUND: Excess mortality is widely reported among schizophrenia patients, but rarely examined in adoption study settings. AIM: We investigated whether genetic background plays a role in the premature death of adoptees with schizophrenia. METHODS: Mortality among 382 adoptees in the Finnish Adoptive Family Study of Schizophrenia was monitored from 1977 to 2005 through the national causes-of-death register. The...

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PMID: 21138403
DOI: 10.3109/08039488.2010.540039

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