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Relatedness of schizotypal personality to schizophrenic disorders: multifactorial threshold model.
Journal of psychiatric research - 1 Jan 2000
Ritsner M, Karas S, Ginath Y
Abstract excerpt
Genetic analysis of schizophrenia and schizotypal personality disorder (SPD) was conducted on two pedigree samples. The results are interpreted in terms of a multifactorial threshold (MFT) model. A high rate of schizophrenia was found in relatives of both samples, but any excess of SPD was found only in relatives of the SPD sample. Based on these data, the hypotheses assuming a single liability with two...
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