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The identification of family subtype based on the assessment of subclinical levels of psychosis in relatives.
BMC psychiatry - 3 Jul 2012
Derks Eske M, Boks Marco P M, Vermunt Jeroen K
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Schizophrenia is a complex psychiatric disorder characterized by high phenotypic heterogeneity. Previous studies have distinguished between familial and sporadic forms of schizophrenia and have suggested clinical differentiation between patients and relatives from sporadic and multiplex families. We will introduce a more refined method to distinguish between family subtypes based on psychosis...
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