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The genetic and environmental determinants of the association between brain abnormalities and schizophrenia: the schizophrenia twins and relatives consortium.
Biological psychiatry - 15 May 2012
van Haren Neeltje E M, Rijsdijk Fruhling, Schnack Hugo G, Picchioni Marco M, Toulopoulou Timothea, Weisbrod Matthias, Sauer Heinrich, van Erp Theo G, Cannon Tyrone D, Huttunen Matti O, Boomsma Dorret I, Hulshoff Pol Hilleke E, Murray Robin M, Kahn Rene S
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BACKGROUND: Structural brain abnormalities are consistently found in schizophrenia (Sz) and have been associated with the familial risk for the disorder. We aim to define the relative contributions of genetic and nongenetic factors to the association between structural brain abnormalities and Sz in a uniquely powered cohort (Schizophrenia Twins and Relatives consortium). METHODS: An international multicenter...
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