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Evidence for shared susceptibility to epilepsy and psychosis: a population-based family study.
Biological psychiatry - 1 May 2012
Clarke Mary C, Tanskanen Antti, Huttunen Matti O, Clancy Maurice, Cotter David R, Cannon Mary
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BACKGROUND: There is emerging evidence of an etiological overlap between a range of neurodevelopmental disorders, including schizophrenia and epilepsy. Here we investigate shared familial vulnerability to psychotic illness and epilepsy in a family-based study. METHODS: The study population consisted of parents and their children born in Helsinki between 1947 and 1990. The Finnish Hospital Discharge Register was...
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