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Refining clinical phenotypes by contrasting ethnically different populations with schizophrenia from Australia, India and Sarawak.
Psychiatry research - 30 Apr 2012
McLean Duncan, John Sujit, Barrett Robert, McGrath John, Loa Peter, Thara Rangaswamy, Mowry Bryan
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We contrasted demographic and clinical characteristics in transethnic schizophrenia populations from Australia (n=821), India (n=520) and Sarawak, Malaysia (n=298) and proposed cultural explanations for identified site differences. From these we aimed to identify candidate variables free from significant cultural confounding that are hence suitable for inclusion in genetic analyses. We observed five phenomena:...
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