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Sex-specific rates of transmission of psychosis in the New England high-risk family study.
Schizophrenia research - 1 May 2011
Goldstein Jill M, Cherkerzian Sara, Seidman Larry J, Petryshen Tracey L, Fitzmaurice Garrett, Tsuang Ming T, Buka Stephen L
Abstract excerpt
Recent molecular genetic studies have demonstrated X-chromosome abnormalities in the transmission of psychosis, a finding that may contribute to understanding sex differences in the disorder. Using our family high risk paradigm, we tested the hypothesis that there are sex-specific patterns of transmission of psychosis and whether there is specificity comparing nonaffective- with affective-type psychoses. We...
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