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Schizophrenia risk alleles and neurodevelopmental outcomes in childhood: a population-based cohort study.
The lancet. Psychiatry - 1 Jan 2017
Riglin Lucy, Collishaw Stephan, Richards Alexander, Thapar Ajay K, Maughan Barbara, O'Donovan Michael C, Thapar Anita
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BACKGROUND: Schizophrenia typically onsets after puberty but is often preceded by observable childhood neurodevelopmental impairments. Whether these childhood antecedents index genetic liability is unknown. We used polygenic risk scores derived from a patient discovery sample as indicators of the genetic liability of schizophrenia. Our aim was to identify the early childhood manifestations of this liability in a...
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