Article
Medical conditions in Ashkenazi schizophrenic pedigrees.
Schizophrenia bulletin - 1 Jan 1994
Goodman A B
Abstract excerpt
To limit the genetic heterogeneity of schizophrenia, this study focused on the widely extended pedigrees of Ashkenazi Jewish schizophrenia probands. The hypothesis posed is that the increased prevalence among the Ashkenazim of the rare lysosomal enzyme disorders, Tay Sachs disease (TDS), caused b...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Chromosome Aberrations
- Chromosome Disorders
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 15
- Female
- Gaucher Disease
- Genetic Diseases, Inborn
- Humans
- Jews
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Models, Genetic
- Pedigree
- Phenotype
- Risk Factors
- Schizophrenia