Genetics of childhood-onset schizophrenia.

Abstract excerpt

Schizophrenia is a heritable disorder. The genetic architecture of schizophrenia is complex and heterogeneous. This article discusses genetic studies of childhood-onset schizophrenia (COS) and compares findings in familial aggregation, common allele, and rare allele studies of COS with those for adult-onset schizophrenia (AOS). COS seems to be a rare variant of AOS with greater familial aggregation of...

Topics

Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.

• Share to Autistic Disorder
• Share to Endophenotypes
• Share to Gene-Environment Interaction