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Heritability of functioning in families with schizophrenia in relation to neurocognition.
Schizophrenia research - 1 Aug 2012
Savage R M, Wiener H W, Nimgaonkar V, Devlin B, Calkins M E, Gur R E, O'Jile J, Bradford L D, Edwards N, Kwentus J, Allen T, McEvoy J P, Nasrallah H, Santos A B, Aduroja T, Lahti A, May R S, Montgomery-Barefield L, Go R C P
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: The role of daily functioning is an integral part of the schizophrenia (SZ) phenotype and deficits in this trait appear to be present in both affected persons and some unaffected relatives; hence we have examined its heritability in our cohort of African American schizophrenia families. There is now ample evidence that deficits in cognitive function can impact family members who are not themselves...
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