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Continuity and discontinuity of affective disorders and schizophrenia. Results of a controlled family study.
Archives of general psychiatry - 1 Nov 1993
Maier W, Lichtermann D, Minges J, Hallmayer J, Heun R, Benkert O, Levinson D F
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BACKGROUND: It is widely acknowledged that the genetic diatheses for schizophrenia and affective disorders are independent. However, there are increasing doubts about this classic view, and empirical evidence for a dichotomy of these two prototypes of functional psychoses is limited. A controlled family study of consecutive admissions was conducted to determine whether familial risks for schizophrenic (SCZ) and...
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